Matrescence: when a woman becomes a mother
When I first became a mother I experienced what felt vaguely familiar. It felt like adolescence: the insecurities, uncomfortable feelings, changing body parts, hormones and more. I was going through matrescence. Perinatal psychiatrists Ethel Felice and Rachel Buhagiar talk about this transition from woman to mother.
If I had a superpower…
The more I think about superpowers, the more I realise that I know many mummies (and daddies) who have them… the human, real version of superpowers.
Hello January. Back to reality… and it’s okay
It’s January. The festive season is over. The Christmas tree is back in storage. For many of us, it’s time to step out of the December slumber and back into reality. It’s Monday blues on steroids.
How much should I push my child?
Here’s a question I find myself struggling to answer as a parent: How much should I push my child? Counselling psychologist Stephanie Borg Bartolo helps uncloud this question.
The back-to-school aftershock
The other day, while I was driving home from work, I thought back to a series of different conversations I’ve been having with several friends who have kids. I realized that many parents are currently going through some kind of beginning-of-school-aftershock. Let me explain.
September: The mummy chat reawakens
September is a time of change. Summer is ending. School is about to start. This is the time of year when the dormant mummy chat – that semi-hibernates over the summer – reawakens.
Learning to let go
When I became a mother my sister told me that motherhood is a process of letting go. Back then I did not truly understand what this meant. Now I know.
I am an ‘unnatural’ mother
As parents we often feel overwhelmed. Sarah Carabott opens up about the haunting feeling mothers often experience - that we are unprepared and getting it wrong.
Bathroom diaries: once a private space, now no longer
From a place where to exercise daily personal hygiene to a private sanctuary and an escape hatch - as a girl grows into a woman the bathroom can mean many different things.
School half days - less school, more juggling
School half days mean the juggling act is about to take a whole new level of intensity for working parents.