(This is post 1 in a 2 part series about smartphones. The next post will be about what I told my kids about owning a smartphone. You can't call it a "before" and "after" if you like) Like all other parenting decisions, the choice to give a child a smartphone or tablet is a personal one. My son, God bless him, is the only GR7 in his class who doesn’t have a phone or … [Read more...]
What I told my boys about #metoo #amInext and being a woman in South Africa
My son saw the #metoo #amInext march in Cape Town last week on the news. The conversation went like this: “Why are they marching Mom?” “Because violence against women in South Africa is like an epidemic my son” "But why Mom?" “Because there is something fundamentally wrong in our society?” “But why Mom?” “Because my son, there is something fundamentally wrong … [Read more...]
What I told my boys about girls
I can’t wait to talk to my sons about girls, sex, dating - said no mom ever! I know, I get it. But I once heard a parenting expert explain your child’s understanding of these type of topics as files being opened in the filing cabinet of the brain. The file will be opened, named and will start containing information gleaned from what they hear, see and their environment. By … [Read more...]