#parenting rules

Predaking: “heeeeelp meeeee” 🥺

[Nemesis grabs Predaking by the audial and resumes dragging him out of the house]

Predaking: “Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow”

Nemesis: “nope. No Pitiful Dragon eyes.”

Predaking: “but it’s still all snowy out thereeee” 🥺

Nemesis: “you breathe fire. You’ll be fine”

Predaking: “heeeeeelp” 🥺

[Predaking is doing his best to weasel his way out of punishment by being cute. Nemesis is immune… but is everyone else?]

Nemesis... what exactly do you intend to do?

Prime, Nemesis and Soundblaster do not interfere with the parenting of our young ones.

No, but-

Do you want them to begin to do so? Fair is fair, after all. I do not tell you how to raise Bumblebee or Hot Rod and you do not interfere with Starscream. If you begin to interfere with Predaking...

That has nothing to do with you.

Wrong. It will make me doubt your integrity.

I was awoken at 1:52am to the sound of my earbuds dying. I had fallen asleep during my meditation at 10pm and slept, for once, soundly, until that annoying little noise disturbed my slumber. At 3am my sleep is broken again, this time by the distressed cries of my toddler: “Mama! Mama!” Lurching down the hallway, I spend five minutes resettling him. Then, toilet. Then, bed. Then, 4am. The toddler…

As a new parent, I have one rule: No rules

The internet is loaded with news and lifestyle articles giving parents tips on how to raise their children. Much effort goes into the research, writing and publishing of said articles.

And while those who write on the said topic take on a variety of views, be it subjective, scientific or objective, others tackle the topic with a combination of the aforementioned.

It is the writer’s responsibility to remain true to themselves, their cause, message and research. By the same token, it is the readers’ to do the same in terms of their interpretation of the article.

Not all of what the writer writes is meant for application in our lives albeit consumption. Fact is, all cases may be similar but not the same and that is enough to deem parenting a unique experience.

While parenting can be a daunting task, the onus is on the parent to do the “behind-the-scenes work"to ponder, to strategise, to action and of course problem-solve.

One could even say that is a description of only a fraction of what parenting entails but let’s not confuse the specifications for parenting with the how-to of it.

There are many ways of being a parent and one must figure it out as they go along. It is great to prepare for the experience but at the end of the day things don’t always turn out how we would picture them and having set ideas that we refuse to compromise on leaves one pressed for solutions.

Seeking advice is always good because the experience of another can cut the journey short for you and probably make it a little smoother but always take into account that no two experiences, or rather perceptions, of an experience can ever be the same.

If you wish to use advice given to you then, by all means, knock yourself out but at least tailor-make the roll-out plan.

Book Review: Lose The Cape: Never Will I Ever…and then I had kids!

Hey Everyone!

I was given the incredible opportunity to review the book Lose the Cape: Never Will I Ever…and then I had kids! I was super excited because this was my first ever book review. I see so many bloggers and wondered could I actually do that? What if I didn’t like the book? Could I be truthful if I didn’t?

Yes, I could. However, I must tell you that I LOVED THIS BOOK. It was a collection…