by Mia Von Scha | bonding, parenting, parents |
When we truly contemplate death, that the possibility exists that either we or our children may not make it through today, then it starts to change the kind of questions we ask in our parenting. And questions shape our experience of reality by focusing our minds on what is important.
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by Candice Lee Reeves | child development, fatherhood, health/safety, motherhood |
When looking for an au pair agency, your most important concerns are probably the quality of the candidates, the costs, and the reliability of the agency. But what happens if things go wrong? If you’re choosing an au pair, read this first.
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by Khalid Vawda | dads, fatherhood |
When becoming a dad, life changes. Its that simple. Your life changes. We don’t have a choice in that. What we do have a choice in, is whether that change is going to be for the better or not.
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by Keshnie Kitti Mathi | dads, fatherhood, parents |
It didn’t take too long for my 5 (almost 6 year old) to rattle off a list of what her daddy means to her and voila, this blog was born.
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by Keshnie Kitti Mathi | bonding, motherhood, parents |
I woke up this morning to Pup (who’s 5, going on 16) staring me down. She was sitting on my bed in her doctor’s dress up outfit, with my new blue stilettos on her tiny feet…
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by Tiffany Markman | fatherhood |
By Tiffany Markman, copywriter, editor and mom to a five-year-old chatterbox, who tries to balance her workaholism with cuddles, books, caffeine & reining in her intrinsic kugelry. Follow her on twitter. Dear D, I’ve always thought that the spouse and parent...Read more
by Douglas Cohen | fatherhood |
As we approach Sunday the 19th June, Father’s Day in South Africa, I thought it an appropriate approach to reflect and assess the job of being a dad.
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by Mandla Langa | fatherhood |
Everyday I wake up to the intimidating knowledge that I am a father; intimidating because, while I derive great pleasure out of seeing my children grow, I’m still convinced that I might not be doing a great job.
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by Fatima Kazee | fatherhood |
I read somewhere once that anyone can be a father but that it takes someone special to be a dad. I couldn’t agree more.
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by Daniel Janks | fatherhood |
I’m a big guy. I’m six feet tall. I weigh around a hundred kilos. But all of it pales away to nothing when my 20kg four-year-old daughter juts out her jaw, looks me in the eye and decides to go to war.
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by Mia Von Scha | bonding, new parents |
We forget sometimes that wonderful events, like a new arrival in the family, can also be pretty stressful. If you look at the scale of life’s most stress-inducing events, the arrival of a new baby is up there with death in the family, divorce and losing a job…
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by Daniel Janks | fatherhood |
A good friend of mine once equated becoming a parent with the first time you have sex. You think you know what it’s going to be like, what it’s going to feel like, what you’ll be like doing it, but the truth is you simply don’t.
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by Mark Allen | being present, fatherhood |
So what does it really mean. Quite frankly, it changes every day according to your kids age, gender, mood or feelings. BUT whatever it means, you signed up for it, so give it your all.
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