When children feel like a burden
When do children become a burden rather than a joy? I’m not ready for the question that Nacho, my husband,
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Category: Parenting
Do we really want our children to be independent?
The week my son Lorenzo turned three he put his shoes on by himself, opened the front with a “Ciao”,
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The importance of learning how to be lazy
When we returned recently from our time with friends in Thailand, I was excited to take advantage of the time
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Why we should give every child the right to quality daycare
In Italy, there is a new plan to invest heavily into building new daycare centres as part of the NextGenerationEU
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Not having children does not diminish us
Pope Francis recently created a big controversy by criticising couples who decide to have pets over children. “This denial of
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Let’s talk about sleep, baby
If you read my newsletter last week, you may remember that my intention for 2022 is to get enough sleep every
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The novel anxiety of driving with children in tow
The last time I drove was in the very early stages of my pregnancy. We were house-sitting in a stone
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How to change how we talk to children
Before we get into this week’s story, an important announcement! If you leave a comment below a story, you can
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Is not using the word tantrum enough?
A few weeks ago I wrote a newsletter about why we should stop referring to children’s meltdowns as tantrums. Michael,
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Why we should stop using the word “tantrum”
Before I dig into this week’s material, I wanted to apologise because last week I shared my Google Doc without the
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