Tag: parentingtips
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What Advice Would You Give Your Daughter As She Transitions Into Womanhood?
When I was growing up, I wish someone had told me to bury the past, to keep my eyes focused firmly on the road ahead, and to embrace the company of women. An out-of-the-blue email from an old girlfriend prompted me to write this post. The first true girlfriend of my adulthood – ie. after…
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My 7 Hottest Tips For How To Endure A Middle-Aged Marriage
Do you get sucked into those online articles about what makes relationships work, how you can improve your relationship, or ‘the four things every successful relationship must have’? I’m afraid I do, and they always leave me feeling defeated, because generally I can’t identify with any of them. I suppose I’m drawn to them for…
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Hot Parenting Tip: The Timing Game
When Kurt was a little boy and struggled to entertain himself, sometimes the old man, in one of those last-ditched, desperate parental attempts to get five minutes peace, would resort to what we called the ‘timing game’. I’m sure most of you parents will have resorted to this type of game with your kids at…
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10 Tips for Surviving a Weekend Away With An ADHD Teenager
So it wasn’t officially a holiday as such. It was more of a mini break, if that constitutes 24 hours away from home with an ADHD teenager and the release of some pent up working mother’s guilt. It was a final desperate attempt to find some quality time with my son amid a busy time…
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Parenting Tips: Dogs versus Teenagers
If you had your choice again, what would you have? The only ally I seem to have in the house these days is the dog. I don’t want to sound like some pathetic male looking for an excuse, but she is the only one that understands me; or shows an ounce of appreciation for what…
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Ten Things You Should Never Tell Your Kids (Revised)
Woman’s Day have set the cat among the pigeons with their insightful comments regarding how we should be talking to our kids. I’m a huge advocate of ingesting the generous source of great parenting advice available on the Internet, especially as a wannabe ‘perfect parent’. However. Ten Things You Should Never Tell Your Kids This is…
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