From when our children were babies, we'd celebrate them learning new things and taking steps toward their own independence in every stage...

When my son graduated high school almost a year ago, I was beyond proud. Not that I doubted him for a second but more for the hard work,...

Your teen is going through a lot of changes, and growing up can be hard. The way we communicate with them matters more than we think it does

If you are a single mom like me, then you know how hard it is to raise a child as a single mom. You don't know where to start, and you...

The teen years can be daunting for both teens and us parents. We're both trying to navigate these new hormonal developments with the...

My son sat for his final exams a few weeks back. He was only allowed to physically go to school during the lockdown here to sit for the...

My son and I have always had a uniquely close relationship, and we spoke about anything and everything under the sun. Nothing was...

Photo by Fermin Rodriguez Penelas on Unsplash I'm the oldest of five siblings. When I was much younger, I felt there was an army of us...

There’s no doubt that motherhood is a journey. In reflecting on 17 years as a single mom, I'd like to share what parenting has taught me.

I dropped my son off in school and wished him luck for a final paper he was taking that morning. We were a few minutes late for school....

.....well, not entirely, slowly but surely, one step at a time. Recent conversations with my son, Adam, have made me realise that I have...

I'm glad I'm in this era where how-to parent is supported by the abundance of information on the internet. Every bit of information...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children before they...

It's something I never thought would happen. Maybe that was my mistake - not expecting it. As a single parent, all of my son's 16 years...

"Good people sometimes make bad decisions. They mess up, and they let others down. But that doesn't make them bad people. We all make...

I learnt quite some time ago to choose the fights I have with my son carefully. Every phase of his life; there was at least one battle I...

My son came out of his room today after his online classes looking a bit anxious, so I asked him if everything was alright. This is what...

As a parent, I thought raising a toddler was difficult, then I thought raising a pre-schooler was even more difficult, and it went on and...

I read somewhere recently that children are not an extension of you but are their own individual self. This struck me as so true. I...

I catch myself observing my son quite frequently these days - when he's speaking to his grandfather, his friends, my mom, and I ask...

My son is now in his last year of school. This time next year, he'll be done with school and he'll be embarking on a new chapter in his...

To be honest, I wasn't fully prepared to be a parent. I hadn't read the books, nor did I do any research on them due to certain reasons....

There are endless articles and posts on what a son needs from his mom and I get that, we are always looking for the best interest of our...

Have you ever come home from work and as soon as you open your front door you're so happy to be home that you literally have tears in...

He's no longer the little boy who's generous with his hugs and kisses anymore. He's 15 going on 16 now and things have changed, and he...

According to the Collins Dictionary, a single parent is “someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not...

To my beautiful Boy, You might be 15 and waaay taller than me (but then again, I think most of human kind are..) and consider yourself a...

I enrolled my son into an international school because I myself have experienced education in many different school systems during my...