Category: Kids
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I chose Mine, You have Yours.
A couple of weeks ago, I spent almost two hours arguing with the manager of a fast-food restaurant over a few missing burgers. It all started innocently enough. I was planning to pick up dinner myself, but when I opened the restaurant’s app, I noticed they had started offering delivery in our area. I thought…
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“Isn’t It Selfish?”
My two teenagers argued over a handheld game console, and like most sibling arguments, it looked pretty straightforward at first. After listening to both of them, I realized they weren’t actually disagreeing about the console. They were disagreeing about one sentence they had both understood differently. Neither of them was trying to be unfair. Neither…
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Catching Something Else
Last week, I downloaded Pokémon GO. Ten years late. My husband laughed when he saw it, and I can’t really blame him. There was a time when people filled the streets chasing Pokémon, when parks were crowded with players and it felt like a shared moment across the world. That moment has passed, and here…
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Not Just a Joke
Some words sound like jokes. But when they are repeated often enough, they don’t feel light anymore. It wasn’t about what was said. It was about what slowly changed between them. There is a moment when we realize that “just joking” is not always harmless. And that’s where the real conversation begins. #motherhood #familydynamics #siblingrelationship…
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When Truth Take a Day Off
We spend a lot of time teaching our children to tell the truth. And we insist on it. From when they are very young, we repeat it in simple ways. Be honest. Tell me what really happened. Don’t say something if it isn’t true. It’s not just about correcting a behavior, it’s about building something…
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The Dining Table
Life today moves quickly. Parents are busy, children are busy, and time together often becomes limited. Many families feel that meaningful conversations with their children happen less and less as everyone follows their own schedule. When my children were young, my husband travelled for work almost every week, from Monday to Friday. Most of the…
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When I Stopped Fixing and Started Trusting
There was a time when my daughter’s frustration unsettled me more than I expected. It usually began with something ordinary. Too much homework. Not enough time. A teacher who felt unfair. She would speak from pressure, and I would respond from efficiency. I saw adjustments immediately. Better planning. Fewer distractions. Earlier starts. The advice was…
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How Far Can a “Teasing” Go?
In our family, dinner is a kind of ritual. No matter how busy the day gets, we always try to sit down together. When Dad’s home, we all eat at the same time. When it’s just the kids and me, sometimes one of them skips the meal, but they’ll still sit with us – just…
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The Candy’s Gone… and Christmas Is Already Here?
All the candies are gone. Dracula, the princesses, skeletons, witches – all the spooky little visitors have vanished back into the night. The very next morning, I stopped by the supermarket near my house. As I stepped inside, still feeling that post-Halloween calm, I froze ! Right at the entrance stood a giant Advent calendar…
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From Career Woman to Homemaker: What I Didn’t Expect to Feel
There comes a time in every woman’s life or at least, in many of ours, when we ask ourselves a difficult question: Should I continue working, or should I stay home and dedicate myself fully to my family? It sounds simple when you first say it, but anyone who’s ever stood at that crossroad knows…