You’re Not a Bad Parent for Wanting Space
You’re Not a Bad Parent for Wanting Space Let’s get one thing straight: wanting space doesn’t make you a bad parent. It makes you…a parent. A real one. With real needs. And quite possibly, real laundry that still hasn’t folded itself. There’s a strange expectation floating around that the moment you become a parent, you stop needing solitude. That your threshold for noise, chaos, […]
The Learning You Can’t Always See
The Learning You Can’t Always See A gentle reflection on why preschool learning often looks different and why that’s okay. There’s a particular kind of pause we’ve come to recognise in parents. It often comes during school tours or check-ins. A thoughtful silence after they’ve watched their child spend half an hour arranging leaves, pouring sand between containers, or narrating stories about imaginary dogs with wings. […]