As mothers, knowing when to step back and let our child face the world can be, even if it’s only for a moment. A few years ago, Candice Curry, author and mother of 6 wrote a short piece called ‘I put my daughter down and never picked her back up’ that perfectly encapsulates the moments...
Having a family member with cancer is always difficult. Watching them struggle and become just a fraction of their former selves is one of the most difficult things to go through. Of course, having Cancer is a horrific experience. And, so many people can not beat the disease, making it even more heartbreaking. This story...
Since the dawn of civilization, people have put women up on a pedestal. They have named them goddesses, and have been the muse of many artists. Media has also had a part to play in how we view women. Placing idealistic expectations on them. Girls are expected to be perfect little beauty queens. However, there...
If you are a believer in reincarnation you might have heard stories o how children have said the weirdest things that can only be a memory of their past life. Children have a better connection to that memory, which might be because they have not made enough memories in this life to occupy their minds....
Oh, the lovely world of social media. A place where everyone has an opinion about you. What you wear, where you go, who your friends are. How you raise your kids, how many children you have, which school you send them to. The list is endless. And yes, while everyone is entitled to their opinion,...
Children are all fun and games until they discover how to throw tantrums. The worst kind comes from the smallest humans, adorable toddlers. Although, there are times when they are not so cute, and maybe a little terrifying. One mother seems to have found the trick in dealing with her toddler in the midst of...
Pregnancy is a huge deal for any expectant mother, especially if it is her first child. She may have read all the books about what to expect when you’re expecting and even taken part in classes about labor, breathing, and breastfeeding. However, nothing will stop the irrational fear that somehow you’ll do something wrong and...
Not everyone has the strength to be faithful, and having a talent for loyalty is rare indeed. For one mother, the ideas she had about her son’s morality were shattered. She found out he had been unfaithful to his young wife who had only just given birth to their baby boy –her grandson. Not only...
It is easy to get swept up in life and forget where you come from. But this young woman did not forget her roots. She instead played tribute to her parents by having the most beautiful graduation pics taken in their place of work, a field. This was to show that hard work pays off...
Everyone has heard of food fights. Maybe you’ve witnessed one firsthand or only seen one in an old family-rated movie. Up until now, it may have seemed like innocent fun, apart from the waste of food. Sure, smashing a cake into someone’s face may be a very tempting itch to scratch. However, it can actually...
As parents, our views on discipline are constantly being challenged by a sea of opinions online. Learning about the psychology of a child in each of their different stages of development has become more important than ever. We always hear about weird and wonderful parenting techniques. But, the more experience we gain as parents the...
According to Shona Hendley from Kidspot, a friend of a young mother was left feeling rather uneasy when she learned that she neglects her six-month-old home alone while shopping and joining her friends for coffee. As a parent, she described herself as rather relaxed and would rarely ever judge someone else’s principles or practices. Recently, however,...
