In the pantry, a jar sits on a shelve, lonely and unused. Its bright red colour livens the mess of spices and aromatics standing at attention in a practical array. Bird’s Eye chili peppers, dried to a dusty crisp, artifacts of a summer’s past. We had planned a large garden, tilled long and narrow mounds […]
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“I was spanked as a child and I turned out fine”
This post was first published on Vie de Cirque in 2015. I am reposting it in light of the recent policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending that parents avoid corporal punishment to manage challenging behaviour. A Facebook Friend (who is also a blog reader, hi!!) recently posted the meme above on her […]
Why I don’t spank or “The day my daughter slew me.”
This post was first published on Vie de Cirque in 2014. I am reposting it in light of the recent policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending that parents avoid corporal punishment to manage challenging behaviour. Yesterday, I was advised to spank my children for getting out of bed after bedtime. I was […]
Are we killing you yet?
This post was originally published on Vie de Cirque in March 2014 About a month ago, our family was the subject of a full-page feature in our local newspaper. This is not the first time that my little gang and I appear on the pages of a newspaper: last year, I took part in a […]
Unsolicited Advice: Achieving potty training success – Don’t be anal about it
True confession: I never waited for my kids to be “ready”. I potty train at 2. That’s it. None of my children (until the twins) cared about spending some time in a soiled or wet diaper. Some of them may still be in diapers had I been waiting for signs of readiness. There is a […]
Unsolicited advice : The potty training edition.
I posted a reply about potty training on a local parenting group. As I was writing it, it occurred to me that I had already given the same advice on the same group page. And elsewhere. Many, many, times. In fact, if I had a dime every time someone asked me for potty training advice […]