Parenting involves sacrifice. Whether it’s getting up early to take them to their game or going without in order to provide for them, it’s just what we do.
Nothing stirs the heart of a parent more than bullying. I don’t think there is a week that goes by without a story in the media about a child being bullied.
Regardless of whether your child wins or loses, you’re winning right? They’re at sport… but how do we handle bad sportsmanship?
Sometimes the obsessive tendency for things to be ‘just so’ can undermine our goal to build confidence and responsibility into our kids.
I am consistently being told by parents that they want to raise kids who are strong, independent thinkers. They want to raise leaders.
“If she missed out on learning to cook, what else had her mother failed to pass on? Because clearly, you don’t know what you don’t know.”
It’s time to move beyond the conversation about ‘screen time’ and talk instead about the interplay between technology and wellbeing.
Unsurprisingly, it’s the little things that take you by surprise. Too late you discover the things you didn’t teach your kids.
“Parenting is the most important job anyone will ever do.” It read like some soppy sentiment to begin with, but he came back to it again and again.
Wearable trackers like the Fitbit, Garmin and Moove are gaining significant market-share with children. But are activity trackers good for our children?
