Wherever we are in the world, we’re all in this crazy shit together Alanis Morrisette could have penned entire verses about the irony of our current situation: while lockdowns, quarantines, self-isolation and social distancing mean we’re more physically ...
It’s A Lot More Nuanced Than ‘No Means No’. An Eye Opening Interview.
Interview: We Need to Talk About Consent And it’s a lot more nuanced than ‘no means no’. We spoke to leading US sex educator and author Kryss Shane about the complexities involved for kids and their parents In the era of #metoo, pussy-grabbing president ...
Think (Sex) Positive
Straight-talking social media stars are taking the shame and secrecy out of sexual education Cast your mind back to your own sex education - did your parents and teachers hold frank and open discussions about sex in all its weird and wonderful glory? Or ...
Encouraging Your Kid’s Creativity Is One Of The Best Things You Can Do For Their Future- Here’s Why:
As Pablo Picasso said, “Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up’. If there’s one message viewers can take away from the new Netflix documentary The Creative Brain it’s ‘Don’t be Afraid of Failure.’. And while the ...
25 Fantastic Facts About Pregnancy, Childbirth and Bringing Up Kids
We mamas know that while being a mom or expectant mom is all kinds of awesome, sometimes pregnancy and motherhood sucks balls and we need a little distraction from the dirty diapers/ endless mounds of dirty clothes/temper tantrums...delete as appropriate. ...
2020 Vision: Here’s What’s New Online For Kids and Teens. The upcoming year, explained.
Nothing stays static for long in the online world, and, while we ‘ancient’ moms carry on posting our antics on the likes of Facebook and Instagram, and think we’re pretty tech savvy because we’re in a few WhatsApp groups, our kids are embracing new apps, ...
The Importance of Keeping Up With Our Kids’ Interests as They Grow Older
‘Fess up, how many of us are really up to speed with our kids’ interests? You might bristle at their constant online activity or wonder why the hell they spend every waking minute playing Fortnite, but lack the online savvy to know what they’re actually u ...
Why Hide Your Femininity From Your Kids?
Don’t Be Afraid of Your Femininity Around Your Kids How often do you show the ‘real you’ when you’re with your kids? Not just the ‘Mom you’, but the other side - the flirtatious side, the fun side, the fierce side, the ‘fuck this I’m going for a cockt ...
Youtube, Youtubers and Vloggers- things every mom should know
YouTube can be useful, interesting, annoying and weird in pretty much equal measure. And our kids are hooked on it. There are some 8 million users of YouTube Kids, registering 30 billion views, and - while YouTube regs say users should be 18 or over to op ...
How to Keep Your Cool When Things Get Heated
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, if you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, you’ll be a Cool Mom, my friend. Whether you’ve got brawling, bickering siblings or your toddler’s having one of those full-on tantrums ...