I’ve mentioned previously my choice to go no contact with my Mum. This one came from a place of anger and sadness at feeling misunderstood about why I was no contact with my mum. I guess you could say, a lifetime of feeling shunned and ashamed, scared and unloved can’t be explained in a sentenceContinue reading “Poem: No Contact With Narcissistic Parent”
Author Archives: Julia
Home Educating Poem: What The First Year Taught Us
Although I’m writing this in 2025, with over 3 years unschooling under the belt, I found all my old poems the other day. This is one I wrote when we reached the first year of home educating milestone. That first year taught me such a lot, so I guess you could say homeschooling is notContinue reading “Home Educating Poem: What The First Year Taught Us”
The Messy Journey To Maturation
This blog post will look at the long and messy journey to being a mature individual. It looks at what an immature person looks like. It discusses the essential path to maturity: expression of all feelings. It includes my own messy journey of how I was to finally arrive at maturation.
Poem: Challenging Times With Multiple Young Kids
I wrote this poem two years ago, when my oldest was 6 years old and my youngest (twins) were 4 years old. I didn’t have, and still don’t have, a support network or ‘village’. It has been ‘intense’, and the intensity is rarely talked about among other parents. Perhaps they have family to help? PerhapsContinue reading “Poem: Challenging Times With Multiple Young Kids”
Book Reviews For Children: The Last Bear By Hannah Gold
We home educate 3 children. Their current ages are 8 years and 6.5 year old twins. We struggle (big time!) to find enough books to devour. The kids love reading, and they especially love Mummy to read chapters of books every day. I kid you not! When we find a good one, we want toContinue reading “Book Reviews For Children: The Last Bear By Hannah Gold”
Selective Mutism vs Shyness
I have 3 children aged 8 years and 6.5 year old twins. Shyness at the level they display it seems quite unusual. I got alarmed when other parents, on first meeting at a group, would say ‘My Child is Shy Too!’, but then their kid would be swiftly be running off and chatting within theContinue reading “Selective Mutism vs Shyness”
3 Years Since… We Started Unschooling
Wow! I’ve not done a blog post on this site for 3 years. This is pretty much the same period since my oldest daughter turned compulsory school age. My life, on the other hand, has been far from quiet. We now have two 6.5 year olds and an 8 year old, so in fact, itContinue reading “3 Years Since… We Started Unschooling”
Y(O)UR WORLD: Poem Explaining To Children About Why We Homeschool
My daughter’s best friend is a local school girl. That school girl took me by surprise recently and asked why I chose not to send our children to school. I did not know how to explain. On the back of that conversation, I wrote this poem trying to consider the key reasons we unschool. ItContinue reading “Y(O)UR WORLD: Poem Explaining To Children About Why We Homeschool”
Too Clingy, Only Wants to be With One Parent
My youngest daughter literally only wants to be with me, Mummy, 80% of the time. The rest of the time she is comfortable with her siblings only. She appears to be totally petrified of her Daddy. She has to cling onto my trousers, nearly pulling them down in public, just to be near to me.Continue reading “Too Clingy, Only Wants to be With One Parent”
Living in a Junk Food Society: Avoiding Creating a Monster for Your Children
I may be totally alone in my views on junk food for children, and this post is by no means the views of all gentle parents. I personally hate the thought of my children devouring sweets, chocolate, cake, cookies, crisps, fast food, you name it, even at their current ages of 3 year old twinsContinue reading “Living in a Junk Food Society: Avoiding Creating a Monster for Your Children”
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