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Don’t let people make their problems your problem. It sounds so simple, but it’s so hard to actually do. I’m ...

I was idly surfing social media the other day, procrastinating about the seventeen billion things I have to do, when ...

Here’s a novel idea: When do mums ever get time to read? In the bath, in the car before school ...

I love using the local library. Both of my big kids have their own library cards, and we like nothing ...

Parenthood is synonymous with lost sleep. In the baby years, it’s practically de rigeur to bemoan how little sleep you’re ...

Do you have weird kids? Do your kids act like weirdos sometimes? My kids are weird, and I’m worried it’s ...

Do your kids spend an inordinate amount of time in their pyjamas? Maybe it’s because it’s winter, but my kids ...

“You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.” This was the sentence that cropped up on a meme on ...

Are you a sanctimummy? The term is a portmanteau of “sanctimonious”, which means “making a show of being morally superior ...

The school holidays are here again, and my kids, as usual, are tired. And I’m tired too. Even the dog ...

We have a very old dog. He’s deaf and sleeps pretty much all the time. I suppose he thinks he’s ...

Years ago when Miss 11 was a new entrant, she learned that smoking is bad, and made it her personal ...