What’s the rush?
My facebook feed is full of children’s bike advertisements right now; I guess it’s that time of year and some wonderful AI has worked out that my daughter is about…
Mother’s day in an international, blended family
My husband went above and beyond today to give me a lovely and love-filled mother's day. He let me go back to sleep when our 4-year old came in at…
Wow
Last week was my kids' Spring break - all three of them had the week off, and both fortunately and unfortunately, my break fell two weeks earlier. It was great…
How to get your kids away from screens (in the moment).
One of the issues I see come up a lot is that children react badly when we tell them to turn off their screen. Little kids throw tantrums, cry, scream…
The lost art of rest
Last night my toddler was awake twice between about 1am and 6.45, when she was ready for the day. At about 2pm, I got an alert from my Apple Watch…
Here’s the scary stuff… kids, smartphones and mental health
In an earlier post, I talked about cell phone options and especially options if you wish to delay giving your kids a smartphone for as long as possible. Here’s one…
So your kid wants a phone…
As the holiday season gets into full swing, one of the biggest questions that parents with kids of a certain age is whether or not to give in to the…
Who knew 5 days could last so long?
Thanksgiving weekend is just wrapping up here in the USA, and while it is not without a very real and problematic history that as an immigrant I’m still working out…
When did we start asking for this much from parents?
I recently read (ok, listened to in the car) The Parent Trap: How to stop overloading parents and fix our inequality crisis by Nate Hilger which is a very clear…
Privacy and social media
This one is hard. My sister asked me what I thought about sharing photos of your children on social media and, like many other topics I blog about, there’s no…