8-year-olds are hardest age to parent in a pandemic
Move over terrible twos, the hateful eights are here The last year and a half hasn’t been easy for anyone. Parents in particular found an already tough job ramp up several notches when a friendly neighborhood pandemic came a knocking. Parents with older kids no doubt relied heavily on their pals, the TV and iPad […]
6 years ago
Mum makes honest Instagram post about how she’s not holding it together
It’s not easy being a parent right now. Many are working from home or have lost jobs and all of us are attempting to home school. On top of that we can only leave the house for short spans and we can’t visit anyone that we know. It’s stress on a new level for everyone. […]
6 years ago
Watching my children struggle with quarantine is tearing me up inside
I feel so powerless. The last few weeks in isolation have been stressful but one of the biggest factors of that stress is watching how upset lockdown is making my children. I’ve watched my toddler cry as she watched from the window as relatives dropped off Easter Eggs in the garden but couldn’t come inside. […]
6 years ago
What we are doing right now is not home-schooling, it’s crisis-schooling
Home-schooling has always existed, this is something else. We are currently living through a historical event, something most of us have never experienced before in our lives. Schools have closed, most work places are shut and our movements have been restricted to a 2km radius, expect for food, medicines or expectational circumstances. Parenting through this […]
6 years ago