Category: Parenting
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How To House Train Your Teenagers
bringing my towel along (Photo credit: hufse) So the adjustment to apartment-living might have been a little more painful than I envisaged, although it’s not necessarily the reduced square metreage that is affecting my usually joyful disposition, but having teenagers 24/7 in my face. My timing has never been great. NC is still on uni…
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Proud To Be A Parent of Generation Y
Generation Y (Photo credit: dalechumbley) I have been guilty of slamming Generation Y on many occasions. It’s not only me; the millennials are continually castigated in the press and accused of being lazy with an insane sense of entitlement. And from reading my blog you might accurately assume that I believe this to be true.…
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Downsizing Your Dysfunctional Home
3DMLW APartment example (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So, our big news this week is that we’re moving house AGAIN. We’re staying in the ‘safety zone’, which is how Kurt describes our suburb, but we’re taking a massive leap into the unknown for dysfunctionals, and downsizing prematurely to an apartment. There are many reasons for this move,…
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Time To Face My Fears and Let It Go
I found some closure watching Godzilla with Kurt at the cinema the other day. ‘Closure’ in terms of facing my fears. Admittedly, two hours of a CGI monster was small-fry compared to the week I’ve just survived with my son. Yes, I’ve been facing my fears in more ways than one this week. Now you…
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Tips To Discourage The Dreaded Teen Party
Teen party (Photo credit: veleirosdosul) So, the old man and I were supposed to be going on a mini-break this weekend, staying at friends over-night. We were leaving NC in charge of ‘he who will not obey’. Kurt is nearly seventeen. Sounds straightforward, doesn’t it? ‘Pissing my pants’ is not a strong enough description for…
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