The divisive paranoia of coronavirus
It is hard to have a dinner conversation avoiding the topic. At its best coronavirus is creating interesting intellectual and ethical debates. At its worst, it is creating paranoia and divisiveness.
Tag: raising children
Failure for a 6 Year Old
What an opening. Can a 6 year old really fail? What does failure mean? How much is there to fail
Grit, Purpose and Perseverance
What is grit? What makes people grittier? And what is the point of grit? It is not about the end point, it is about being satisfied with being unsatisfied.
Financial Literacy – A Year Later
After we decided to give Little Girl C an allowance, it was unclear what the next steps would be. Now, we had our large item purchase.
Bullying at 6 Years Old
The theme for anti-bullying week this year is “change starts with us”. So I thought I would make a change
Hit the Pause Button
I am trying to absorb the lessons from my peaceful parenting course. I am finding a lot of them apply to more than dealing with children. Hit the pause button
Working Mum Domino
All I can think of this week is how happy I am that another school year as a working mum is pausing. I need to reset my domino.
Life Lessons from Matilda
I thought I was going to a musical, but Matilda was there to remind me some key life lessons. Life is not fair, it is important to stand up for yourself and others and sometimes you have to be just a little bit naughty!
When the world stops spinning
As Baby S is back on antibiotics, my world stops spinning. I can’t think of nothing else. It would not be honest of me to do that.
The outsourcing effect: guilt
Guilt is not a thing of the past. No matter how much men lean in, women emancipate, different models of marriage appear, guilt is permanent.
Financial Literacy for a 5-Year-Old
As I started giving my 5 year old an allowance, we used her first shopping spree as a lesson on financial concepts, financial choices and the value of money
Collecting myself… and everything else
Last week, I shared a few thoughts of when life and work collide. Little did I know that I would
When work and life collide…
… reverse and restart. This was an important week at work for me. It was business plan week. Despite market