Parenting techniques that may not work

Holidays were never for resting. It was all about hiking, surfing and getting out there. Now as a parent, a rest is in order – at least at first.

While you were out the house changed and your dining room is now in the garden and the kids are too tired to bring it back in.

Do parents get sick? They can’t, not when kids are young because they’ve got to make the meals and get the kids to school and pick up, clean and …

My wife is away with the two girls, so it is my son and me. Easy peasy, I thought at first. Oh, how wrong I was.

Bringing up kids isn’t easy, especially in the morning. I have to have a coffee in me before I can start to contemplate what all the fuss is about.