Disappointment is one of those things that we all go through as a child. Whether it be a small thing or large, we’ve all been there and gone through it. As an adult though we see it in a different way. A lot of the time though we’ll brush it off as something insignificant, but […]
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Our family is what one may call multicultural, my wife (SO) is ethnically Chinese, our son is Javanese, and I’m a plain old regular white guy. On a day to day basis these labels are irrelevant to us, we are a family and that’s all that really matters. Occasionally though something comes up to remind
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This is a question I think most parents ask themselves at one time or another, especially in what we call the electronic age. What effect does early exposure to these gadgets have on a developing mind? Does it prevent an active lifestyle? Should our kids spend more time running around outside playing with their friends
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As a parent one of our concerns is what our children are exposed to, especially in the internet age. It’s no longer just what they see, or allowed to see, on TV, but the availability of just about everything, good and bad, on websites is a cause for concern. Even the most tolerant of parents
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One of the things that happens when you study psychology is that people will have the tendency to ask for help with things that they think you should have the solution for. Of course that happens for a lot of different occupations, doctors, plumbers, electricians, bankers, you get the idea. Friends and family will come
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As parents we all have our favourite stories we tell people. This isn’t one of the stories I like tell, although SO (my wife) and I have told it a couple of times, it’s actually a story that J, our son, likes to tell people. And he’s told it to pretty much everyone who’s not
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My wife (SO) and I have always loved kids and before we got married we knew we wanted to have some. I always told people I was going to have 3 children, 1 boy, 1 girl, and 1 we weren’t too sure about. Okay that was probably funnier in my head, but I really did
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Some people have a natural filter that stops them from saying things that can come back to haunt them. I do not. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about inappropriate things or anything. I’m usually quite good at not saying bad things in front of kids. I’m talking about saying things that are amusing
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