Prepare To Be Shocked, Reduced To Tears Yet Amazed & Inspired
Aging – nobody wants to deal with it, but we are all going through it. Recently I’ve been watching from the sidelines as some of my close friends go through difficult times with their parents. One friend in particular has been faced with a horribly difficult question: Should she let her destitute and bankrupt dad [...]
7-00am- The alarm goes off. Usually I’ve been up for 10 minutes before it actually went off as Caitlyns jumping up and down on the bed. Dan takes the girls down stairs and brings me a cuppa and my pain killers. He will then give Caitlyn her breakfast Between 7-30am and 8-00am- I drag my [...]
Ok, I wasn’t too sure what to expect when the suggestion to attend one of these groups was first put across to me, a group of dads being told how to parent? thankfully no and so it was with a suspicious mind of being conscripted I dragged my three year old daughter into our local sure start centre [...]
Sat here trying to figure it all out and no matter how much I think I have a plan to sort it all out it seems I don’t. My family really do take the pee and in all honesty I am sick of it!!! here is the real reason I really don’t want to live [...]
From A very early age as a child I was past from pillow to post never knowing which house was my real home. Sunday evening till Wednesday afternoon I would stop at my mothers, Wednesday night till Thursdays morning at my dads, Thursday night back to my mothers and Friday and Saturday nights at my [...]
We are a split family and I am beginning to see how it can effect everyday family life.
My childhood started off pretty much normal. I didn’t have a dad but my mum and I lived with my Grandparents. As a single mum my mother would work nights and then have a nap in the morning so that she could be with me in the afternoon. I remember even at a young age, [...]
I have to say when I read this. it melted my heart. A gay dad speaks out about a typical day. What I’m really thinking: The gay dad says: ’I realise we’re an unknown quantity, but surely we’re not that scary?’
He Forced Me To Touch Him Some days I wake up just fine, but always around August time I struggle to sleep, nightmares grip my insides and I cant wake up, it seems that August has never been a very good month for me. It started when I was 11, I was bullied by a [...]
I really dont know where to start there’s so much going on in my head, sometimes I wish it could just explode!! I have been with my husband 5 years, married since early 2010. We have 2 children together and 1 I have from a previous relationship. He has been brilliant bringing up my eldest [...]
2nd January 2010, after a alcohol fulfilled Christmas and new year I was shaking knowing something wasnt right, but not in the slightest I pregnant. I took a trip for some dioralyte to the local supermarket looking at somethings made me feel so ill. Just thought I had overdone things. I picked up a pregnancy test without [...]
For many years I thought I had dreamed this scene, until I was talking with my mother about 10 years ago. She confirmed that it had actually happened, and added a couple of things that I had wiped from my memory. When I think about this it still makes me feel ill – and I [...]
I decided to start looking for a job after my husband was declared unfit to work by the Dr. I could no longer return to my old job (the one I have all the qualifications for) as you can’t really shovel horse poop when you can barely stand, same goes for horse riding. So I [...]
I give full permission for this to be posted. An anonymous guest post. I was born on a cold Monday February Morning in dull London in 1964. As a baby I never quite knew how dismal my life would be. My mum was a lovely lady what I can remember. My Dad left even before I [...]
I give my full consent for this to be posted. An anonymous guest post. November 1963 and I’m born with little care in the world. The moment I set eyes on parents I love them unconditionally. The next few years go by with no hitch or that’s what I believe as I can’t remember them. At [...]
Little else brings so much joy, or stress. It’s the little things that stick in your memory, not just the big ones. Being shown the pregnancy test for the first time. A little hand wrapped round your finger. The first time you hear the word “Dada”. The first smile, or laugh. With both my children I was lucky enough to [...]
I sadly no longer to speak to my ex-in laws, through no fault of my own. When I divorced my ex husband his family choose to no longer speak to me. They will even cross over the road than walk past me. This does cause it to be very uncomfortable if the children are ever with me [...]
Is there a difference between mum and dad parenting? Who does it the best? A question I honestly do not know how to answer. I am inclined to go with mums do it best, but am I being biased? One in ten parents bringing up children on their own in the UK are men.
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