Category Archives for Musings
Growing up entitled part deux.
The theme of entitlement keeps cropping up in my parenting journey. A few days ago, a colleague and I were talking about enrichment classes for our children, when he remarked that I send the girls to classes not held in … Continue reading
The ones who matter.
Do you ever feel funny whenever someone de-friends you on Facebook? I know I do. I’ve just discovered that someone who has been a virtual friend on and off for the last few years has suddenly removed me from their … Continue reading
Hard knocks versus hard books
If both or at least one parent is university educated, the chances of the home background would be more favourably supportive, with books and all the paraphernalia that makes for a learning child. That is the situation we face – … Continue reading
Frustrating children.
It occurs to me that I may never understand my children. I certainly think I do, like how I tell Alison why she feels the way she does about something, not really thinking about whether my explanation is actually an … Continue reading
The kid option.
I happened to pop by my friend Burbur’s blog and found a post with which I can truly empathise, even though I am one of those six lovely women whom she met at the dinner she mentions in it. Frankly, … Continue reading