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Using death to improve your parenting

by Mia Von Scha | bonding, parenting, parents | 0 comments

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.

Choosing an au pair agency? Read this first!

by Candice Lee Reeves | child development, fatherhood, health/safety, motherhood | 0 comments

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.

Reflections on Dad-hood

by Khalid Vawda | dads, fatherhood | 4 comments

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.

10 things my kids love about their dad

by Keshnie Kitti Mathi | dads, fatherhood, parents | 10 comments

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.

Mother, what would you like for Mothers Day?

by Keshnie Kitti Mathi | bonding, motherhood, parents | 0 comments

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…

A love letter to my husband, on Fathers’ Day

by Tiffany Markman | fatherhood | 2 comments

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

Dads : What you think I do – what I really do

by Douglas Cohen | fatherhood | 3 comments

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.

A father’s challenge

by Mandla Langa | fatherhood | 4 comments

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.

It Takes A Special Father To Be A Dad!

by Fatima Kazee | fatherhood | 1 comment

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.

Father’s Day: A State Of War Exists

by Daniel Janks | fatherhood | 6 comments

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.

Introducing a new baby to the family

by Mia Von Scha | bonding, new parents | 5 comments

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…

Being a dad

by Daniel Janks | fatherhood | 0 comments

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.

Fatherhood: you’re in it for life

by Mark Allen | being present, fatherhood | 1 comment

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.