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Secrets of the Motherworld

Sep 24, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

 

“I once shared a story with my daughter (age 14) of a time when my work friends and school friends somehow ended up having a party together and I found myself having a hard time figuring out how to behave. It was not until this moment I realized I altered my personality a bit...


Sep 17, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

“How can we remove the words ‘guilt’ and ‘failure’ from the parenting lexicon? I’m sick of reading about Mother’s Guilt as if it’s a norm. The manner in which motherhood is depicted these days is not doing motherhood itself any favours. The struggle to find time....


Sep 10, 2019

Here’s this week’s story:

“Discussions and articles seldom mention parents bringing up children with disabilities, in particular non-verbal children. We don't belong to the club of normal family life. It’s a lonely with no shared norms.”

We reference the poem Welcome...


Sep 10, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

“When my first boy was born, I was so overwhelmed and confused about everything. My boy Is a sensitive child and until today he needs a lot of reassurance and I did not understand why during the first months. I was so exhausted with breastfeeding and lack of sleep and just...