Category: Family

Finding out that you’re going to become a father can bring up many different thoughts and emotions. Even though most books, media programmes and seminars about parenthood generally tend to focus on the mother, fathers too may struggle and experience … Read more

If you have been a single father for a while or whether it’s a recent transition, researchers have identified the following struggles which single fathers may experience:

• Overwhelmed, stressed and arguments with partners
• Isolation, loneliness and dating
• Lifestyle choices

Overwhelmed, … Read more

Mother’s day can bring a long with it a myriad feelings and it is a very subjective experience. This is because it mostly depends on the relationship you have with your mother or any maternal figure that you have. Unfortunately, … Read more

Sometimes life can be thought to be overwhelming due to: work, relationships, routine, stress, and in general trying to make ends meet. Top all of this off with – trying to be the best role model for one’s kid/s, helping … Read more

From my experience with colleagues and interactions with mothers, I can only begin to imagine the whirlwind of experiences which mothers experience throughout motherhood. From the realisation that one will become a mother, all the different feelings begin to emerge … Read more

Most parents want the best for their children. However, parenting does not usually come with a training manual, and most of us raise our kids according to what we think works best. We strive to give our kids what we … Read more

My friend is a super mum. She juggles family, home and work commitments. She is a taxi driver for her kids and ferries them around for drama, sports, piano lessons and play dates. This ‘super mum’ cleans, cooks and tries … Read more

In the first part of this blog I discussed two struggles that adoptive parents could experience as a result of the stressors experienced throughout the process of adoption. I explored the subject of post-adoption depression, as well as difficulties with … Read more

Being a parent is one of the hardest roles you will ever have in your life. Parenthood brings along several happy and exciting moments in the family life. However, being a parent is also very challenging which can make a … Read more

Many adoptive parents feel that they are at a stage where they can put the most difficult phase of adoption behind them once the matching and placement process  is completed. Typically, adoptive children do settle in within their new families, … Read more