Maternal Myopia – Standards Are Slipping

This week Emily shares another humourous insight into the world of multiple parenting, explaining how your standards relax (collapse) with each additional child…. Mothers of multiple children, whether born singly or in sets, will acknowledge that their standards slip a little with each child. Prior to the birth of your precious first-born, the heralded arrival [...]

How on earth do you do it?

This week, Emily does the big reveal on her ‘secret’ behind surviving juggling three very young children… Previous columns have alluded to the lack of originality apparent in remarks from well-meaning, yet mis-guided passers-by.  (If you missed my thoughts on this, here’s a quick summary: DON’T ask me if multiples run in my family, DON’T [...]

Attitude of Gratitude

This week, Mothership, our Brit mum based in the US explains how being thankful with her family has been met with ingratitude… When I was little and first went to school I was completely baffled by the practice of saying prayers before school dinners. I came from a family of die-hard atheists and nobody had [...]

Er, Can I get an adverb around here?

This week, Mothership, our Brit mum based in the US highlights the grammar divide… I am on a mission. I have accepted by now that my children are not the same nationality as me and are more likely to play soccer than football, eat fries than chips, and hit the surf than go to the [...]

Playdate, American Style – The complicated world of social success for preschoolers

We have another new columnist, ‘Mothership’ who is our Brit mum based in the USA raising ‘foreign’ kids, and this week she takes us through the agony and the surprise of the ‘playdate’… ‘Four’ recently invited a friend over for a playdate. The other child was going to spend a weekday afternoon with us and [...]