On Failure
There’s this thing that a lot of people do where they talk only about the good times. It’s not everyone – I definitely know people who focus on the negatives…
Category: kids
Thirteen Things my Five-Year-Old Really Should have Thought Through
I’m told that children have to learn a certain amount by experience, and that you can’t tell them everything. Somehow this is part of the learning experience, and is healthy…
Naptime
A poem to celebrate 1000 page likes and 750,000 reads on The Cupid Touch. Naptime For five years every bedtime Has been a battle-ground – What once were cries now…
Thirty-Nine Things Guaranteed to Cause a Four-Year-Old Meltdown
This is basically a companion-post to The 30 Things Most Likely to Give Me Parent Rage. I’m pretty lucky to have a naturally easy-going small boy. We rarely have tantrums,…
How Not to Travel With a Four-Year-Old
I used to love travelling. I’d feel lighter and better the moment the train pulled out of the station or the plane lifted off the tarmac, and I’d look forward…
How I Made One Boy Behave Him-Elf this Christmas…
I defy any parent to manage without some form of bribery: be it the promise of TV programmes, games, later bedtimes, more stories, chocolate, ponies or Playstatio ns.* For me, Christmas…
A Week of Imaggling: Or 5 days of trying to get a four-year-old out of the door
In parenting, as in many things, there are good weeks and bad weeks. Most of the good weeks occur when at least 33% of the week is spent with someone…
