So, I have a problem when parenting. It went like this. On Sunday just past, my eight-year-old expressed his desire to make pasta dough again, which I agreed to but successfully negotiated to preparing it on the Sunday (the dough) then making it (the pasta) on the Monday after Bounce…
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Do Queer Parents Try Harder? Exploring Perspectives and Research on Parenting Efforts
Photo by Dziana Hasanbekava I have often pondered the question: Do queer parents exert more effort as parents? In this post, I will briefly deconstruct my thoughts and personal experiences on this topic, supplemented with some research. It is important to note that these are solely my experiences and perceptions, which…
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What has influenced your parenting style? Today I am sharing mine.
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Psychologists love to tell us that our parenting style is shaped by a mishmash of factors like how we were raised, our personality quirks, our personal beliefs, and of course, our questionable knowledge of parenting and child development (thanks, Google) (Kerr et al., 2009; Lang, 2020). I…
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Movie review: Mary Poppins
My son recently asked us to take him to the theatre show, Mary Poppins. In the build-up to seeing the show, he insisted we watch the original version. I have probably seen Mary Poppins as a child, but long forgotten the storyline. What surprised me about the movie was the…