Some pearls are more precious than others, and I wish someone would have shared their “pearls of wisdom” and warned me about the great toddler travelling experience. I would say this would apply to children as they begin to speak (cry and scream) and walk a little, maybe 1.5 to 3.5 years old. If you…
Category: Parenting
Dark clouds ahead – School Bullying
As my son (aka “my life”) starts a new school, new students, new teachers, new curriculum, new country – the inevitable bullying has started. This was anticipated and, if anything I was surprised it took this long for it to start. I am slightly comforted by the fact that bullying these days is much more…
Take back your bed
Since my son was a baby, he always slept in his bed. We made it a point to get him used to the idea or concept of sleeping in the same bed as us. This is mainly for selfish reasons. We would love for him to be with us, cuddle and hug the crap out…
Kids and Photos
I take a lot of pictures of my son – a lot. In most cases they get filtered down to 10% of what I took worth keeping. But those 10% are not only worth keeping, worth framing and up-sizing (obviously I don’t do that for all) – point is taking good pictures of your little…
Teaching a second language
A lot of family and friends have asked me “how was I able to push my kid to speaking the mother language?” – in this case Arabic. Most of them complain of talking to their kids in one language and they would answer back in English. This could be any language, even if it’s not…
Toy Appreciation – the hard way
Some context… I am not a parenting guru by any means – but I do have a few tried and tested experiences that, I think, are worth a try. I have to precursor this though with my standard disclaimer whenever I get the rare request for parenting advice, every child is different! What works for…
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