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10 Ways You Can Prevent Your Child From Being Cyber-Bullied
When I was young, I had kids pulling my hair, laughing at my dress-sense (or lack thereof), deliberately uninviting me from parties, making up silly songs about the fact that I liked a boy who didn’t like me back… you get where I’m going… I was bullied. So were most of my friends. So were our parents, and their parents before them. And my story is not unique; I’m sure many of you would have your own experiences to add to my list above. Bullying is as old as the world itself. Perhaps we’re just more aware of it these days, because of the amount of reports on bullying we…
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Tips On How To Teach Your Kids To Clean The Dishes And Other Chores
For parents who have kids, it can be a challenge to raise them to be responsible or helpful at home. This becomes especially clear for households who don’t have any nannies or help to do certain chores, like cleaning with dishwasher detergents or doing the laundry. Assigning tasks to kids, therefore, becomes a must at this point, but you might be clueless as to how to make this effective. Here are some tips on how to teach your kids to clean the dishes and other household chores. Assign them tasks they can understand. According to Bright Horizons, kids should be assigned simple tasks or ones that they’ll understand. If your…
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Sibling Rivalry Will Be The Death of Me!
I’m not sure what’s worse. Being asked for a snack every few minutes, toddler tantrums or siblings that just won’t give it a rest! Our family has incredibly good great days, and then there are some like today when I wish I could stick my head in the sand and pretend I’m on an island holiday. The struggle is real! Sibling rivalry is exhausting friends. It sucks the life right out of you. How many times can you say, “please stop arguing” or “please can you just listen to each other and get along?”. Not enough I guess. Apparently it stems from the need to have your attention 24/7, a…
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Which Parenting Style Do You Fit Into?
Being raised by baby boomers, parenting took on an entirely different format, it was just that, parenting. There were no definitions, no influx of information. You were raised. Point blank. Nowadays we have so much information at our fingertips that it may seem a little overwhelming. Tiresome to be honest. Being a parent now comes with definitions, titles, explanations, and “how-to” lists. What exactly are the parenting trends of today? And how do we know if we fit into any of the categories? Let’s explore… 1. Helicopter parenting We’ve all heard this term before. Picture yourself hovering over your children, constantly at their sides, taking care of every little detail,…
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If I Could Throw Tantrums Like A Toddler!
I find myself in somewhat of a predicament at the moment. You see, I have 3 primary school children and 2 toddlers. Well, one has just become a pre-schooler, but I don’t see any difference – yet! I find myself enjoying the school going children far more than I am the toddlers at the moment. I hide my head in shame! Shouldn’t I be enjoying every stage of every child? In a perfect parenting world right! Toddlers are, in my opinion, the craziest, messiest, most infuriating, emotionally unstable, unreasonable, frustrating, tiring little people you could spend time with… and couldn’t imagine your life without. – Stuff Moms Say And yes,…
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Motherhood Isn’t Perfect, So Why Do Some Parents Pretend It Is?
I’m about to have a little rant, discussion (on motherhood)… I hope you don’t mind! The fact that some people think parenting can be perfect, baffles me! Seriously, it does. I read a post on Facebook the other day, which clearly stated that any mom can go shopping in peace, have enough good sleep, doesn’t need to cook with a baby in one arm and that a mother can even go to the toilet without disruption, and mothers who lament that they never have a moment’s silence, where buying into nonsense, and bullshit! Yup, it said that! This post basically said that mothers can do life without ever being disrupted?…
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Teaching my children how to give back.
Living in a world that is saturated with self-glory. How can we as parents remind our children of the importance of giving back? I’m not sure if you all remember the alcohol craze that consumed Facebook a while ago? The NEK Nominations flooded social media – if you were nominated you had to down a drink of your choice, and then challenge others to do the same. It was around this time that YouTuber Brent Lindeque from The Good Things Guy decided to make a change. He encouraged us to change the NEK nominations to the RAK nominations. (Random Acts of Kindness) and turned a drinking challenge into a helping hand and inspired…
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We’re A Trendy Muppie Family!
There is a new trend on the fashion block. It’s fresh, it’s exciting and it’s totally off the charts creative. #muppielounge Muppie Lounge was created by the beautifully artistic Marishka. She has taken her love of drawing with charcoal to the next level and created an incredible brand of trendy and upmarket apparel products. Marishka is a devoted mom of 4, a blogger and a businesswoman! All her products are locally sourced, using only the best that the local market has to offer. As if beautifully crafted products aren’t enough, it is the artist herself who sets this brand apart… Marishka has a heart for people! Her brand is closely linked with…
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I’m THAT mom…
So here I am, once again, totally mortified! I seem to be on a roll this week! You see, I’m THAT mom… Yup, the mom that at the last minute sends an apology that we can’t make a birthday party… CRINGE! We all know how much effort goes into planning a party for our kids. The slaving away thinking of party ideas only for our little dear to change their mind every 2 seconds! Not to mention the hours spent designing an invite wanting to throw the computer against the wall. Then there’s the entertainment, BIRTHDAY CAKE (let’s not go there), and party favors… And of course the cost! By…
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Accepting help in the world of parenting.
So today I had one of those parenting experiences that catch you completely off guard and leave you a little breathless. You know, one of those experiences that stop you dead in your tracks and stay on your mind for days, replaying itself in all kinds of different colours and sounds. Let me share it with you… I had to do the school run with all 5 kids, on my own. As soon as the alarm went off this morning the anxiety set in. How will this go down? Being the new mom in the school, I am already aware of the other class moms trying to figure out what I’m…
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The Pee Files #5 –
A good few weeks have passed since I last wrote… As most of you know, our house is in utter chaos at the moment! We left the US on June 8th, and our container of furniture and household items only arrived 4 days ago. Adding to our craziness is the fact that my husband (darling of note!) decided to get the kids a puppy… OK, she is adorable, I have to admit, but it’s like having another baby in the house (like I need that:) ). And to top it all off, I decided to start potty training my almost 3 yo. Don’t ask me why? I should be a…
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SuperSkills – Review
What exactly is SuperSkills? Well – “We created a Superskills box to proliferate [pro-lif-uh-rayt] advanced vocabulary building in an easy-to-use 4-minutes-a-day word-building tool pack. Our monthly subscription plan provides children the tools to create and build their own success based on their strengthening SUPER POWER” – SuperSkills team “Superskills Box is a monthly subscription box for children age 8 & above. It aims to help children be successful from a very young age by giving them an easy 4-minute-a-day way to learn sophisticated vocabulary words. Results are better and faster reading & understanding, increased imagination, creativity and curiosity and high SAT scores. All key success factors for any child“ Take a…
