Posts Tagged: parenting
HOORAY! MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS A NUN!!
It is a sad sign of the times, Gentle Reader, how parents these days are going out of their way to reassure each other, and themselves, that their gentle beloved teenage daughter “does not go to parties.” I was lunching
HOORAY! MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS A NUN!!
It is a sad sign of the times, Gentle Reader, how parents these days are going out of their way to reassure each other, and themselves, that their gentle beloved teenage daughter “does not go to parties.” I was lunching
THE TRANSPORTER’S MISSION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
On Thursday afternoons, The Transporter is in Halifax to conduct a difficult and dangerous and insanely complex mission, involving two lovely children. Driving a battered old Kia and disguised as a mom, The Transporter first drives the two children to
THE TRANSPORTER’S MISSION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
On Thursday afternoons, The Transporter is in Halifax to conduct a difficult and dangerous and insanely complex mission, involving two lovely children. Driving a battered old Kia and disguised as a mom, The Transporter first drives the two children to
LET’S ALL SCREAM WITH GUILT
“I miss the Princess so much, I hug the pillows tightly imagining that it’s her…” yelled my mother into the computer, during our first conversation of the Iranian new year. Gentle Reader, I ask you, how am I suppose to
LET’S ALL SCREAM WITH GUILT
“I miss the Princess so much, I hug the pillows tightly imagining that it’s her…” yelled my mother into the computer, during our first conversation of the Iranian new year. Gentle Reader, I ask you, how am I suppose to
SERIOUS DILEMMA
Much as Hamlet, Prince of the Danes, pondered whether to be or not to be, sending generations of theatre-lovers and lit-crits in a tizzy, I am pondering, Gentle Reader, whether to wake or not to wake. The Golden Boy is
SERIOUS DILEMMA
Much as Hamlet, Prince of the Danes, pondered whether to be or not to be, sending generations of theatre-lovers and lit-crits in a tizzy, I am pondering, Gentle Reader, whether to wake or not to wake. The Golden Boy is
PRETTY SULKY TEENAGERS
There’s one in practically every TV show and film. You know who I mean, the pretty sulky teenage daughter of the family, she’s bratty and rude and rolls her eyes at everything her parents and cool-geek younger siblings say or
PRETTY SULKY TEENAGERS
There’s one in practically every TV show and film. You know who I mean, the pretty sulky teenage daughter of the family, she’s bratty and rude and rolls her eyes at everything her parents and cool-geek younger siblings say or
UNIQUE PARENTING TIP
Here is a fool-proof parenting tip, Gentle Reader, which I have never come across in all my ramblings on the internet. Even if you don’t have kids, I encourage you to read it, as a/you may some day have some,
UNIQUE PARENTING TIP
Here is a fool-proof parenting tip, Gentle Reader, which I have never come across in all my ramblings on the internet. Even if you don’t have kids, I encourage you to read it, as a/you may some day have some,
A CLUTTERED MIND
A cluttered mind, Gentle Reader, is not conducive to writing neat elegant blog posts. Thoughts and subjects, fears and objects dart around my mind like so many crazed aquarium fish, but none emerges as the victor, the one longing to
A CLUTTERED MIND
A cluttered mind, Gentle Reader, is not conducive to writing neat elegant blog posts. Thoughts and subjects, fears and objects dart around my mind like so many crazed aquarium fish, but none emerges as the victor, the one longing to
FARTS LIKE TRAINS
“Her farts were like trains!” shrieked the Golden Boy in the middle of the restaurant, delirious with excitement, drunk with joy. This was turning out to be the best, most memorable restaurant experience ever. A visit to the washroom with
FARTS LIKE TRAINS
“Her farts were like trains!” shrieked the Golden Boy in the middle of the restaurant, delirious with excitement, drunk with joy. This was turning out to be the best, most memorable restaurant experience ever. A visit to the washroom with
HOW COME BEYONCE’S MOM ISN’T DEAD WITH JOY?
Seriously. I received a phone call this morning- barely two hours ago- asking if the princess could play the piano at another school, for some event. She had played in front of her whole school at some event a few
HOW COME BEYONCE’S MOM ISN’T DEAD WITH JOY?
Seriously. I received a phone call this morning- barely two hours ago- asking if the princess could play the piano at another school, for some event. She had played in front of her whole school at some event a few
AS IF IT WERE NOT ENOUGH
As if it were not enough, that I fret and worry about their health, their life, their safety, their friends, their schooling, their books and their maths, I have another huge worry too, to keep me entertained in long insomniac nights:
AS IF IT WERE NOT ENOUGH
As if it were not enough, that I fret and worry about their health, their life, their safety, their friends, their schooling, their books and their maths, I have another huge worry too, to keep me entertained in long insomniac nights:
