I celebrated my 39th birthday last week and now I’m really looking forward to my 40th and the start of a brand new decade. My 20s was about making two big life choices and having my first baby. My 30s was all about having four more babies and having a lot of the assumptions I’d held from my teens and 20s…
Parents, hold your children to a (reasonable) standard
Photo by Ken Doerr. The following is a transcript from my Peaceful Parent segment on The Journey radio program. Late last night when I went to have my shower I found that only one child had left her day’s clothing on the floor, which was a welcome sight really, since until recently I’ve been greeted by…
Just a note to say I haven’t gone away
We’ve had a busy three weeks around here and I hope to get back to a rhythm of writing and posting again soon. I also hope to write to you soon, if you’re a subscriber, to thank you so much for encouraging me to get to six months of blogging on this website. It’s been…
How important is teaching gratitude to our children?
My column originally published in The Catholic Weekly last week. I love the school holidays because they give me a chance to organise get-togethers with friends we don’t get to see in the regular course of things. During one of these last week I was watching our children tear around their friends’ backyard with them, tumbling…
Marilyn Rodrigues 