Ten Ways Parenting Has Surprised Me
byLike so many people, the young me was a joke when it came to how he viewed parenting and how awesome he was going to be at it.
Like so many people, the young me was a joke when it came to how he viewed parenting and how awesome he was going to be at it.
“Oh my god,” a friend whispered to me this morning, “we got caught doing it.”
This is the post that started my writing career. Here’s the first thing I ever wrote for any site. The twelve year old in this is now Mister27.
We should be doing this at home, right? Umm….
Last night I was laughing at Master9’s response to the snippets of Sex Education Miss10 is bringing home from school. Tonight, I want to curl up in a fetal position and join him in a corner.
“Can I quit school?” Master9 asked his mother tonight.
Our boy loves school. He’s generally the first dressed and keen to get there in the morning. So this was a bit of a startling revelation
Isn’t it funny how your tastes and expectations change from when you’re a kid to when you grow up.
Today was the first and only day I can ever recall thinking we should at least consider home schooling. And bear in mind, I hate helping my kids with homework. Almost as much as they hate me helping them.
It’s hard to have a private conversation in a house with five kids running around.
My youngest son is not impressed with what he learned today. “I am never having a baby,” he told us in no uncertain terms. Why? I’ll tell you…
“I know what sex is,” our young Miss7 announced in the bath, and Tracey and I froze dead in our tracks