Parenting wins
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What happens if the banks run out of money?
Recently my son developed a new special interest: money. For a couple of weeks, we spent hours talking about it, counting it, stacking it, and recounting it. Then he went on holiday with his dad—the longest we had ever been apart. While he was away, my mind wandered, as any parent’s would: “Will he be Continue reading
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Can you practice singing Happy Birthday to me?
We were getting to my son’s birthday. The countdown was well and truly on. He was counting down to his birthday and also counting down to his birthday month. He had a birthday list of presents as long as his arm. He kept asking about it, over and over again. “How many days until my Continue reading
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Is being a parent hard?
We were in our living room and I was on the countdown to bedtime. It had been a good day, although my son had been a bundle of energy all day, flitting from one thing to another and I was tired…..it was a good tired. These days are long but I would take them over Continue reading
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Why do I have to go to bed first?
The one thing that I have gotten right for my son is his bedtime. Occasionally we may have a little blip where he wont pick a book or takes a while to brush his teeth but on the whole our bedtime routine is great. We read two books, I sit with him for 5 minutes Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 