Tag: helicopterparenting
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Helicopter Parents Anonymous and Grated Carrot
My regular readers might remember that the old man and I have been attending what we call ‘Bad Parenting’ classes for some time now, in an attempt to get our son ‘out of the woods’. Kurt might have his own inherent issues due to his ADHD, but as we are consistently reminded, ADHD is no excuse…
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Don’t Let Your Children Define You
I reach the other other end of another decade next week, which has given me pause for reflection. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/566419105 I entered this last decade with a new life in Australia, but ‘life’ as such is rarely defined by the country you inhabit, rather the people you inhabit it with. Inevitably, my most recent decade has…
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Unparalled Fear, Parallel Parking, Teenagers and ADHD
Kurt is driving. *makes sign of the cross even though atheist* #71895647 / gettyimages.com I said… another mad, irresponsible teenager has been let loose on the road. So if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself on the same piece of road as a young man in a silver Golf anywhere in the Lower North…
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If We Could Control Our Destiny, I Wouldn’t Have Had Such A Bad Week
It has been a difficult week and it’s still only Wednesday. Suicide prevention message on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Kurt survived his first set of exams but I feel as though I have been put through a shredder and lived the anxiety HE should have been experiencing –…
Louisa Simmonds 