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How not to be labelled as judgmental by your teenager.
There I was, going along my merry little homeschool mum way. Innocently believing that I was doing a quite good job for a Thursday when out of the blue, I get the new and unexpected accusation of being judgmental thrown at me from my soon to be a thirteen-year-old...
Why It’s Cool to Be in Your 40’s.
Another classic accusation from the teenage son yesterday. "You think you're so cool. But you're just not". AAAggrrrrrrrr. And... Breathe. E-V-E-R-S. ( Ok, so he might have a point). Here's the thing. I have never, in my life professed to being 'cool'. It's just...
I need more time.
The last time I looked there were still 24 hours in a day. To my knowledge no-one has reduced it to nine. Yet talk to people and they all agree, time seems to be shrinking. It's becoming rationed. No time for this, no time for that. I find myself struggling to...
Minecraft Games. Love Them or Hate Them?
Minecraft Games. I can't decide whether I love Minecraft Games for giving me the freedom to go for coffee every Saturday morning with Brian, or if indeed I hate the little brick bashing demon for eradicating my children's memory of what it feels like to play real...
Why every teenage boy is an ANIMAL (and how to handle him!)
It happens overnight. The teenage boy trots off to bed on his fourteenth birthday all kisses, clear skin and lightness, and unbeknown to you, whilst sleeping, a shapeshifter enters the room and replaces your baby with an array of animals guises. Having been robbed of...
5 Reasons Why I Hate Playing Games.
It’s Sunday, and I’m in the library. Alone. The reason for this being that I refused to play a game for two hours with my husband and children. The game in question? Frisbee Golf. I’ll say that again in case you didn’t quite get it. Frisbee. Golf. I know. That’s not...