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The Talk version 3
We all dread that moment, as parents, the one where we have to sit down and tell our children about the birds and the bees, and how we keep getting more of them. Micky and I now, thankfully, have that...
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These days of September
Nicholas: Good morning, Mommy. Me: Morning, Sweetheart. Nicholas: Mommy, you know what. I’ve been forgetting something these last few days of September. Me: ? September? It’s January. Nicholas: It’s…...
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Wet Lettuce Preview: How to Enjoy Your Children
In Ireland, these days, if you want to work with children in any way, you have to go through child safety training and Garda (police) vetting. The forms for the Garda clearance application are...
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Unbelievable, but true
Picture this: you’re on a train, it’s packed, and someone taps you on the shoulder. You turn to them and they start screaming abuse at you: how dare you step on their toes? Annoyed, you give them the...
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Dear Teacher. Don’t be a pig.
Childhood is, technically, an apprenticeship for adulthood. School, while it in reality falls woefully short of this ideal, should be an extension of the parents’ efforts to teach their children how to...
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The give/take balance in friendships
There are few things as wonderful as when someone you love as friend or family reaches out to you for help. It’s great when others are there for us, equally great when they trust us enough to let us be...
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Compliments
Thumper the Rabbit famously said: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.” I think he should have expanded that: if you think something nice, spit it out. I’m not talking empty...
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Fishy story
We had three fish: Fish, Chips, and Beans. Chips and Beans met unfortunate ends, and for weeks, poor Fish swam alone in his bowl on the fridge. When I was at the pet shop the other day to get Adam’s...
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How to raise children
I often receive compliments for my kids. They’re kind, polite, articulate, and just all around fantastic. Somewhere, somehow, I accidentally did something very right. Or maybe their dad did (more...
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Smell like a daisy, or, um…
Me, to my 15yo son: …so you just put deodorant on, and you’ll smell like a daisy. Or, wait, no, because you don’t get men’s deodorants in daisy fragrance. You’ll smell like… er… like… you’ll smile like...
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