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Lockdown parenting – the real deal isn’t pretty

May 4, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

It’s sickening, isn’t it? From Facebook to Instagram and back again, families hand-in-hand on sunlit meadows, tiny hands baking cupcakes, wobbly colourful art, snuggling up on sofas and the results of tie-dye. Where on earth has the tie-dye fascination come from? Up and down the nation, parents are doing their best, and putting the most […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today, Uncategorized Tagged With: boys, children, coronavirus, Covid 19, humour, in my life, on my mind, parenting, public service, reality, Something happened in my life, stories, truth

Coronavirus: Beware the free-time fallacy

March 31, 2020 By Ellen 1 Comment

Stay at home, they said. Save lives, they said. It’ll only be for a while, they said. Look on the bright side, they said. Think of all that time to do the things you’ve been putting off for years. Shakespeare, they said, wrote some good material while social distancing from bubonic plague, and as for […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, coronavirus, Covid 19, feminism, parenting, School, Sexism, time

Self isolation: Day one, things I’ve learned

March 17, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

It’s funny how the significant moments happen without fanfare, rather than to the big hulloo you think they deserve. Working from home this lunchtime when Boy Two came in from school looking clammy and pale. He flopped onto the spare bed and said: “Urgh.” He was shivery and warm, achy, coughing and tired.  Oh, shit. […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: boys, children, coronavirus, Covid 19, family, in my life, in the world, My Life, parenting, School, Scotland, self-isolation, virus, WFH

Inadvertent wisdom – the same difference again

November 24, 2019 By Ellen 2 Comments

It was one of those half-hearted attempts to encourage wholesome activity in Boy Three. A pathetic plea to do something that doesn’t involve doing battle in cartoonish worlds, listening to shouty American YouTubers, or both. “Draw me a picture. Just, you know, how you feel, or something… “ and off he went. I’d forgotten the […]

Filed Under: boys, things I learned from my children today, Uncategorized Tagged With: advice, boys, children, differences, family, parenting, Something happened in my life, writing

Things I’ve learned from my children – the party version

May 5, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

It’s party time. Another rite of passage lately – the teenage party. The campaign began months before, a subtle and effective manoeuvring of the notion from a slight suggestion to an in-the-calendar fact. I tried to think of a reason to say no, but there really wasn’t one. The teen in question and his friends […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: birthday, boys, children, family, in my life, My Life, on my mind, parenting, party, police, Something happened in my life, teenager

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