How to raise a boy: The first lesson on boundaries starts with the mum — and it’s best drawn as early as possible
Nov 18, 2024 09:45 IST First published on: Nov 18, 2024 at 11:45 IST Share My go-to book for raising my son has been Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different — And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men. When I first read it, one of the things that stood out […]
How to ask someone to be your child’s legal guardian when creating a will
When creating or updating your will, you might be considering nominating someone to be the legal guardian of your child. Choosing a ‘testamentary guardian’ (the formal term for legal guardian) for your child if they are under 18 when you die means they will be able to make decisions about their long-term care. It’s a […]
What if we gave boys the agency to opt out of traditional and often damaging ways of being a man?
As an 11-year-old who fought for women-eating-before-men at the wedding ceremony lunch of one of my aunts, I was raising men even before I was aware of my womb. So eventually, when I begat a boy at 41, the bar was already set very high. I imagined my husband and I would raise him together, […]
Your kids are likely to see porn. Here’s how to talk to them about it
Lisa’s son was only 11 when he was first exposed to pornography. She told ABC podcast Parental As Anything: Teens she didn’t anticipate that she’d have to talk about pornography with her child at this young age. “It came up a few years earlier than I expected,” says Lisa, whose name we changed for privacy […]
How to help your distracted teen find motivation and focus for school
Jane describes her teen son as “a very funny, intelligent, haphazard, chaotic creature”. While he thrives socially at school, he’s always had academic issues — and like many parents his mum is struggling to motivate him to finish year 12. But that doesn’t faze him. Because, as Jane (not her real name) told ABC podcast, […]
How To Support Your Children In The College Application Process
Woman on graduation day. getty How can you support your children in the college application process? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Charlene Walters, PhD, Business Mentor, Consultant, Corporate Trainer & Author, on Quora: Selecting and applying […]
How to talk to your children about sex
Almost every parent will inevitably have faced the question about ‘where babies come from’ from their child. So if, like me, you were given very little in the way of sex education when you were a child, it can be a little daunting to know where to start. However, doing it sooner rather than later […]
How To Make Your Children Happy?
Teach them to fail ullstein bild via Getty Images Warning: This May Be The Most Important Article I’ve Ever Written What are your life goals and priorities, and how do you pass those on to your children? Let me start with a very old story, which I first heard from my dad, that illustrates this […]
Five things that lower your sperm count and how to boost it
Women are so often the focus in conversations about infertility – which is defined as “a failure to establish a pregnancy after 12 months of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse”. In reality, when you look at the causes of infertility, a third of the issues are with the woman, a third are due to the men […]
The reality of working mum guilt and how to stay connected to your kids
“The obligation for working mothers is a very precise one: the feeling that one ought to work as if one did not have children, while raising one’s children as if one did not have a job.” So said Australian political journalist Annabel Crabb. I can identify. After all, I have had a few (OK, fine, […]