Heading away for a holiday or trip, and leaving your children with friends or family? Sounds exciting! But it’s good to be aware there may be long-term outcomes, even with your very best intentions. This blog explains some of the strategies you can use to ensure your children manage the separation with as few adverse effects […]
25 Little Ways To have Fun Before Turning 10 (with some help from an adult!) When my children were growing up I found it really difficult to know what they were capable of by what age. Every now and then I found a valuable list of skills per age. But I never found a list […]
Difficult aspects of life and death are part of every person’s story. To be well-rounded and whole it’s important to work through loss and those deeper issues that cause you grief. You will be such a better mother if you do! Go Back to 20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [11]: Being Proactive “Blessed […]
Five Golden Rules to Cope with the WHY Phase Listen about to how to cope with the never-ending “Why?” Jenny Baxter talks to Scottie Haas on ultra106five Hobart about how to cope when your kids ask too many questions. How many times have you thrown your hands up in frustration at the never-ending WHYs? Recently a friend posted […]
Perhaps it has never occurred to you. On the other hand, maybe you are aware of it every day. But a mother is a sacrificial being. In addition to many other things, she sacrifices her sleep, her time, her career, her thin body, and her sense of “self” for her children. This doesn’t stop after the […]