Yes, you read that right... but wait a second, I don't HAVE boys... So here is a guest post from a great friend of mine who truly exemplifies wabisabi parenting and how fucking hard this whole thing is. Boys Will Be Boys Does anyone else despise this term or is it just me?! Two scenarios of which this seems to come up with my children and the struggle with parenting are, with a bit of rambling involved: Son Jack - Although Jack is sensitive, kind, smart etc etc he is energet

I'm not going to lie about it. For the most part I have super easy kids. I don't think i take it for granted. I know how lucky i am that they get along usually, and are pretty good listeners. BUT the last two weeks have thrown me for an absolute fucking loop. Both of them loosing their minds over the weirdest things and I am not sure what is going on. I am sure google would have a million hippie answers like 'the eclipse', 'they've had too much gluten/sugar/dairy', 'you're no

I hear this shit all of the time. Sometimes probably out of my own mouth, though mostly idiotically before having children. "I'll never let my kids have too much tv or iPad time." "I'll never let my kids bend from a schedule" "I'll never let my kids eat too much sugar" "I'll never tolerate THAT kind of behaviour from my child" "My kids will always listen and have great manners" "My kids will never hit or bite" "My kid would never have a temper tantrum" It's such parenting ga