Here’s a bed-time poem we had as children. It is guaranteed to keep kids awake till midnight, worrying about dying! “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take…”   Most parents know that […]

Get you some Attitude Babe! Marietta was a quietly spoken women with three children under the age of 6. She was very caring and generally got on with people. The problem began when Marietta’s oldest child entered the school system.  A group of Mums invited Marietta to their activities and she soon became part of […]

Why is gentleness so important in mothering? Is it because children need to be raised by some sort of Mother Teresa Saint to have a good life? Is it because only the Madonna figure is the true mother? No. It is because of children’s developmental plasticity.   In the west our over-hurried and frenetic engagement […]

Worry is not a gift, it is a way to curse your child. Here is why: Remember the tale of Sleeping Beauty? The little baby is given two good wishes by two good fairies and then cursed with death by a bad fairy (Maleficent). After this the smallest good fairy gives the baby a healing […]