Posts Tagged: raising children
INSANE JEALOUSY
An overview of parenting problems floating around: children don’t eat vegetables; sibling rivalry; grandparents’ interference; sex down the drain after kids; other peoples’ children; breastfeeding; adoption… There are reams of advice, tips and articles out there on practically any problem
INSANE JEALOUSY
An overview of parenting problems floating around: children don’t eat vegetables; sibling rivalry; grandparents’ interference; sex down the drain after kids; other peoples’ children; breastfeeding; adoption… There are reams of advice, tips and articles out there on practically any problem
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
SHE CRIED “MORE, MORE, MORE”
She doesn’t want fancy clothes or toys. She wants to do things. More and more, and more exciting things. The first words she learned to speak, after the obligatory “maa”, was “What are we doing next?”. She was born with
SHE CRIED “MORE, MORE, MORE”
She doesn’t want fancy clothes or toys. She wants to do things. More and more, and more exciting things. The first words she learned to speak, after the obligatory “maa”, was “What are we doing next?”. She was born with
BABIES: DO NOT WANT
So, I had some families over, during the weekend, and yes, by families, I mean children too. There were five-year olds, a three-year old, and a couple of baby twins, five months old. The food was delicious, if I do say
BABIES: DO NOT WANT
So, I had some families over, during the weekend, and yes, by families, I mean children too. There were five-year olds, a three-year old, and a couple of baby twins, five months old. The food was delicious, if I do say
ARE ALL AMERICANS CRAZY, OR WHAT?
Ok, I know there must be some nice, intelligent, tolerant, considerate Americans out there, indeed, I think I actually know one or two. But they must be well-concealed in the general mind-numbing crowds of bullies, fanatics, idiots, and basically nasty people which come across
ARE ALL AMERICANS CRAZY, OR WHAT?
Ok, I know there must be some nice, intelligent, tolerant, considerate Americans out there, indeed, I think I actually know one or two. But they must be well-concealed in the general mind-numbing crowds of bullies, fanatics, idiots, and basically nasty people which come across
THE MAGIC HORSE
My early morning dose of cuteness: -Look mummy! Look! I’ve made a horse! The golden boy waves a crude replica of a horse made with colurful building blocks in my face. Bathed in mother-love, the object really does look like
THE MAGIC HORSE
My early morning dose of cuteness: -Look mummy! Look! I’ve made a horse! The golden boy waves a crude replica of a horse made with colurful building blocks in my face. Bathed in mother-love, the object really does look like
ROBERT MUNSCH AND THE OEDIPAL COMPLEX
Oedipus was a stranger to the city. He killed the wicked king and married his widow. At the time, he didn’t know that the king was actually his father, and his new wife was actually his own mother- he doesn’t
ROBERT MUNSCH AND THE OEDIPAL COMPLEX
Oedipus was a stranger to the city. He killed the wicked king and married his widow. At the time, he didn’t know that the king was actually his father, and his new wife was actually his own mother- he doesn’t
POSSIBLE BLOG TOPICS
-How hot, humid days which remind me of the beach by the Caspian sea aren’t really conducive to blogging. -What I made for my dinner party last night (khoresh-e gheimeh, salmon fish pie and green salad, lotsa multiculturalism going round one
POSSIBLE BLOG TOPICS
-How hot, humid days which remind me of the beach by the Caspian sea aren’t really conducive to blogging. -What I made for my dinner party last night (khoresh-e gheimeh, salmon fish pie and green salad, lotsa multiculturalism going round one
PEANUTS IN THE ART GALLERY
Aren’t they supposed to show pictures of ships and beaches in the Nova Scotia Art Gallery? Apparently not. At the cutting edge of culture and high art, disdainful of petty bourgeois sensibilities and curious primary school kids on school trips,
PEANUTS IN THE ART GALLERY
Aren’t they supposed to show pictures of ships and beaches in the Nova Scotia Art Gallery? Apparently not. At the cutting edge of culture and high art, disdainful of petty bourgeois sensibilities and curious primary school kids on school trips,
TEACHER
The teacher struts into class. She is wearing silver plastic high-heels, old tatty orange pajamas stained with felt-tip pens and paints, and a pink t-shirt with a funny girly picture. She is at least twenty-eight years younger than most of
TEACHER
The teacher struts into class. She is wearing silver plastic high-heels, old tatty orange pajamas stained with felt-tip pens and paints, and a pink t-shirt with a funny girly picture. She is at least twenty-eight years younger than most of
