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Yay, we’re on OfferForge South Africa 14 Jul 2012 | 08:50 pm
After months of trialling out advertising partners we’ve selected OfferForge South Africa to exclusively power our advertising. We met with the team, which is a big plus, as they’re actually locally ...
Huffing – Your Child can Die 28 Mar 2011 | 07:30 pm
And he huffed and he puffed, but he could not blow the house down. The three little pigs are one of those fairy tales that we tell our little innocent children to teach them to make the right wise de...
More Mealtime Battles 10 Mar 2011 | 01:35 am
Do you shudder when you have to think of what to prepare for dinner tonight? I do. I have a picky eater at home and end up feeling like a short order cook, just to ensure that she eats something. In ...
Getting your Child of the Couch 10 Mar 2011 | 01:12 am
Do you have to beg your children to go outside and play? Are they always playing on their Nintendo, PSP, Wii, the computer or on their cell phones? Children nowadays are spoilt with their entertainmen...
Learning how to Study 9 Mar 2011 | 10:55 pm
At some point in our children’s school careers, they will have to pick up their books and study. After having gone through our own schooling, we might have forgotten that studying is an acquired skill...
Help your Child Adjust to Divorce 19 Jan 2011 | 02:56 am
Divorce signals the end of a marriage where former spouses continue on different paths into their separate futures. When there are children born in the marriage, things tend to become a little more c...
Children with Pets 13 Jan 2011 | 11:38 pm
You have lost the battle. You have surrendered, because even as parents we do not ever lose that fluttering inside at the thought of having a puppy or kitten. It is that “awwww” feeling we get when w...
How Many Activities are too Many? 23 Nov 2010 | 11:34 pm
As we are ending off the year’s extracurricular activities for our children – we are giving a sigh of relief. We are tired of playing glorified chauffeur and our children are falling over from exhaus...
How to Deal with Back Chatting 16 Nov 2010 | 05:15 am
Back chatting is probably an universal parental irritant. It infuriates parents all over the globe every day. We see it as an undermining of our authority, whilst it is actually an assertion of your ...
Preparing your Child for Big School 27 Oct 2010 | 09:47 pm
Having to make the change from preschool or nursery school to primary school can be a pretty scary prospect to a six year old. Many six year olds become very anxious at the thought of now having to c...