Tag Archives: letting go

Parenting – a lifetime of letting go

From the moment of giving birth and cutting the umbilical cord, parenting is a lifetime of letting go.  While letting go is liberating it can also be scary and painful. We have to trust that our children will be capable. Our children need us to believe in their competence. We have to trust that they [...]

Posted on 10 September 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls
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My toddler-teen!

We’re in the midst of GCSE exams – and I am learning a new and delicate dance that reminds me of a dance I had to learn in the toddler years. My teen wants me to back off.  No gentle reminders to revise required, thank you very much.  No help with devising a revision timetable.  [...]

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Posted on 13 June 2012
Musings: Parenting teenagers
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