Learning to accept comfort: What my son’s tantrums taught me about myself
by My youngest son does this thing where he cries inconsolably. He is squarely in the tantrum stage that hits around 3–4 years. Don’t touch him, …
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5 Ways to Start Winning at Parenting
by First, let’s get this out of the way: I’m now a Psychotherapist. I’m your shrink. Your unpaid therapist just became your paid therapist. We’ve gone …
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Let the children come: A call to mission to, for and with children
by The film “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind” has been on my Netflix suggestions for a while. Since it sounded like the kind of movie …
This generation! Are they really the problem?
by By Winnie Ngahu There’s a phenomenon I have observed lately — teenagers walking around with huge contraptions over their heads covering their ears. I am …
Parenting, for the ill-equipped
By Winnie Ngahu I woke up the other morning with a sinking feeling in my stomach at the thought that perhaps I was completely clueless …
Fathers, get involved in parenting
By Abraham Gumba Mothers usually spend a lot of time with their children, especially during the first few years of the children’s lives. This is …
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Five reminders for moms of ‘plus one’
My last born is one year old now. A year goes so terribly fast. He has moved from this little helpless boy with energy and …
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I’m mourning missed moments with my babies
Our third born is intended to be our last born; unless a miracle happens. Ideally, I am done with that phase of my life. So, …
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A lesson on grace and motherhood from an older wife to a younger one
Your children can’t find the shoe right below their eyeballs; one kid hit the other with something you didn’t even know was in your house, …
There is space in God’s kingdom for people like me
When my eldest son hit five years, I was sure he and I were done. He was no longer going to be Mummy’s boy and …