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The Truth About Motherhood: Why It’s Okay to Not Love Every Moment
I wasn’t one of those girls who played with dolls and thought, “Wow one day I want to do this all by myself” Instead, as a firstborn, I thought about how much I wanted a sister and thankfully, my little sister was born, she was such a blessing to my life despite our age gap. […]
Is San Diego Worth a Visit?
The easy answer to the title question is… Yes, of course. If you have ever seen any of the San Diego vacation ads, you have seen many of the fun things to do in and around San Diego. It’s a beautiful coastal setting, old stuff – new stuff, nightlife stuff – day stuff… The ads […]
The Unpaid Labour of Motherhood: Why Stay-at-Home Mums Should Receive a Salary
Before becoming a mum, I said things like “Why should stay-at-home mums get paid?” I spoke from a point of ignorance and many times I imagined that all they had to do was stay home and sleep. As girls are raised to become women, this dream is sold to them, the dream is that staying […]
Staying married for the kids is not the right thing to do
I had a friend who had two kids and a financially stable husband and she was a housewife. She was the kind of traditional wife who would do everything for her unloving husband and her loving children. The first time Brian laid his hands on her, she was heavily pregnant, she stumbled on the table […]
Gentle Parenting Sets Unrealistic Expectations on Parents and It’s Time to Stop
I was brought up in a strict household, sometimes a bit too strict. The level of strictness sometimes felt unnecessary and conjured as a way of relieving stress. If you grew up with authoritarian parents, you know exactly what I mean. This kind of style meant that you never questioned what went on. Your main […]
You’re Never Too Old to be a Father: Shemar Moore is Officially a Dad at 52
They say age is just but a number. They also say (whoever ‘they’ is) that you should enjoy the days of your youth because you’ll be curtailed from doing so many things when old age starts creeping in. Shema Moore would however beg to differ. At 52 years of age, Moore welcomed a bouncing baby […]
How Social Media Can Ruin Your Motherhood Experience
I didn’t want to share my bump photos on social media, partly because I knew my mother’s distant relatives followed me (and everyone knew I wasn’t married), but I remember feeling remote and lonely every time I saw boisterous photos of mothers holding their baby bumps high with pride, I felt sorry for myself. I […]
Celebrity, Family, Health, Media
We all have our demons we are fighting every day: Jason David Frank death
Mental health is a conversation that has always been talked about. There are so many organizations, institutions and movements trying their best to address it. What I’ve come to learn however is that as human beings, we all have our demons whether we show them or not. The assumption made unfortunately is always that if […]
Why Biological Parents Must Draw Clear Boundaries for Step-Parents
Stacy’s mum got married when she was 13, to a guy from Spain and she and her family came from South Africa. Her parents divorced when she was 5 and her sister was only 3 so for most of their life they knew no one else apart from her aunties, mother and granny. The first […]
It is Scary but You Need to Tell Your Child about Their Absent Dad
Sooner or later the question comes up and it comes up when you least expect it. It will come up when you’re in the middle of folding laundry while watching Oprah or Top Gear and your child will ask “can I ask you something?” you’ll think that they’d like another fruity loop but instead the […]
How Disney Parents Contribute to Indiscipline in Children
A friend of mine recently separated from her husband; she has three kids and adjusting for her and the kids have been difficult. There are many things parents have to figure out when they no longer live under one roof and the hardest being the visitation schedule. Creating a schedule without involving the court is […]
Maternal Instincts Are Not Real
Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the best mummy of them all? This is the question most mothers ask themselves but are too afraid to ask out loud because there’s a magical instinct all mothers have, an instinct known as the maternal instinct. While mummy may know best, a lot of the time, she […]