Forcing a rushed breakfast down the throats of my daughters and rushing them out of the door on school mornings is bad enough on good days. The extra work required in winter can sometimes push me over the edge.
Kids implore me to take them in the car this morning as roads are too full of [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2010’
The trials of an Indian mother when it snows
The young will inherit the earth
And they’re not just hanging about waiting for their inheritance. This generation is standing out and making their voices heard again - at last. After the apathy of the 80’s and 90’s, Greed is Good generation, there’s a new generation taking up the mantle of the 68′ers.
Anonymous, the loose affiliation of hackers from around the [...]
Should we peek into our kids’ innermost thoughts?
We’ve just finished with Sinterklas - the Dutch festival that is actually bigger than Christmas here. There are weeks of buildup - shoes being left by the fireplace and mysteriously filled with presents to be found by excited children the next day. The Sint comes in the night and takes the little poems and letters [...]
5 Simple ways to be happier
Want some basic tips on how to be happy? Five simple, achievable things, possible for any of us to reach for, no matter our economic status, job or size of house.
Nic Marks from the Happy Planet Index talked about them in a lecture on Happiness I went to the other day. So here it is [...]
