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Sometimes kids shouldn’t be kids (in public)!

by Tiffany Markman | discipline, manners | 13 comments

Yes, children should be allowed to be children. Noisy, shrieky, messy, crazy. That’s what playgrounds and gardens and parks are for…But there are also places where children should behave like civilised human beings.

Mind your language mum!

by Sholain Govender-Bateman | manners | 4 comments

About a month back I noticed that my 4.5 year old, Isobel, had suddenly taken to answering questions with ‘Jaaa’. I was a bit taken aback with the almost lazy, drawn-out pronunciation of the word which wasn’t even followed…