There’s an epidemic and it is taking its toll on most families here in Australia. It’s not a virus. It’s much worse. This is a specific type of unpleasantness. The type that you don’t realise…
This parenting thing is getting harder. I thought it would get easier. It’s not. These past 6 months have been hell. And I find I am getting grumpier. Much less tolerant. When the kids were…
I am having my own personal Groundhog Day at the moment. I wrote a poem about our daily life cycle 8 months ago called, A Day in The Life but a lot changes in 8 months…
In Australia it is our summer holidays. We are currently into week 6 of an approx. 8 week school holiday. There is no beating around the bush. At this point in time I want to…
My wife ordered a really nice mirror from India. It took 3 months to get here and was packaged in a wooden crate, with multiple layers of cardboard, polystyrene and plastic. The polystyrene was the…
It ended with a broken bowl, cereal all over the table, milk over the walls and floor. Our boys had a mini-food fight this morning. My wife freaked out. The boys ended up in their…
IT IS Saturday. I am lying in bed reading the news on my iPad. I find myself at an exasperated loss, unable to relax, having just screamed (again) at my sons for running around the…
Rob Harris