My column published last week in The Catholic Weekly. Photo by Schlomit Wolf. I’ve had my fair share of ‘parenting fails’, as all parents probably do. I’ve left children at school until late in the afternoon, only realising I had to pick them up when they rang me from the office to ask where I…
Tag: parenting
Refugees at the dinner table
I often check for news on my phone as I prepare dinner of an evening. Recently, after all the children had sat at the table, jumped up at hearing their Daddy come home, hugged and chattered to him, and sat back down again; after grace was said and water poured into cups, and the plates…
Why I Won’t Tell My Kids They Can be Whatever They Want
Image by Bruno Cordioli/Flickr* “What would you like to do when you grow up, kids?” I asked our children the other day. Work as a basketball player, a vet, a detective, a teacher, and a lolly shop owner were answers I got back from the older three. “I want to be an adult when I…
Anger Management for Parents by Plato
Image by Robin Alasdair Frederick* This is a post by Dr Holly Hamilton-Bleakley from her excellent blog Philosophy for Parents. I’ve admired her articles for a while and she’s kindly allowed me to share this great one with you. If you like this one, head over to her website and subscribe for more like it!…
Marilyn Rodrigues 