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How to stick to your family budget plan

by Jozikids | COVID-19, finance | 0 comments

Budget plans are serious stuff. And serious stuff is no fun, just like an exercise plan!

Get on top of your family budget

by Jozikids | COVID-19, finance, parenting | 0 comments

Surviving the Covid-19 lockdown goes beyond wearing the mask. For many, it may also mean surviving the financial impact of a lockdown. As the saying goes “healthy finances make healthy families” and so setting a family budget is key. But how? Old Mutual Family...Read more

Managing Co-parenting during the COVID-19 Pandemic Copy

by Veerash Srikison | COVID-19, families, parenting | 1 comment

Submitted by Adv. Veerash Srikison – Director of Fair Practice Mediation Services. For more information on resolving your disputes go to www.fairpractice.co.za or email info@fairpractice.co.za Online mediation appointments are available from the comfort of your home...Read more

We spent WHAT on groceries?!? Copy

by Tiffany Markman | families, family time, finance, food/recipes, nutrition, parents, snacks | 0 comments

What do families spend on groceries? In this piece, Tiffany Markman investigates the monthly spend of families of 3 or 4 people and provides some tips on cutting down.

10 ways to manage Coronavirus anxiety, taught by my toddler

by Andy Cohen | anxiety, COVID-19, social issues | 0 comments

This got me thinking about the Coronavirus pandemic and how (like my toddler’s willpower) so much is out of our control right now. But as I witnessed her take on the daunting task of dressing herself, I actually learned a thing or two about how to handle my own anxiety around COVID-19.

Making my monthly grocery budget work

by Jennifer Holman | COVID-19, finance | 0 comments

By Jennifer Holman The Coronavirus pandemic has certainly tightened the reign on our budget. So much has come to a screeching halt, and with the fear of an economic crisis, we’ve got to exercise caution on all our spend – including groceries. That’s...Read more

Coron-undrum: parenting & surviving COVID-19

by Tiffany Markman | activities, COVID-19, family, family time, health, health, health, health/safety, homeschooling, indoor, natural disasters, parents, social issues | 3 comments

A coronavirus so contagious that you think twice about hugging and kissing your own child? This is not something I ever thought I’d live to see. I’d love to pretend that, in this article, I can offer sage and brilliant advice on surviving COVID-19 amid school closures, keeping your job, providing for those who rely on you, remaining safe and healthy, and still maintaining a sense of humour. But, I can’t. All I can do is share some of the nuggets of optimism, realism and creativity that are currently working for us.

A Mother’s Guilt

by Fatima Kazee | anxiety, motherhood, mums | 3 comments

The problem is that mums (and I know that this is all mums) suffer from a Mother’s guilt all the time.

Giving myself credit for being a REAL mum

by Fatima Kazee | motherhood, mums, parenting, parents | 5 comments

I know in the back of my mind that these mums are not as perfect as I make them out to be. That sometimes they also cry themselves to sleep because it was a rough day. That sometimes they might have road rage for no reason and regret it almost instantly. That somewhere in the world, someone else also forgot to make change for that tooth fairy deposit under the pillow.

MamaMagic Baby Expo – a Spring visit to Durban

by Jozikids | baby, day outings, Family shows, Kids expo, parenting, pregnancy, toddler | 0 comments

The MamaMagic Baby Expo will be hitting the sunny shores of Durban at the end of August. This not-to-be missed event is a must for all expectant, new or returning parents

Leading by Example: Shape Your Kids For The Future

by Jozikids | child, education, finance, parenting, parenting stuff | 0 comments

Preparing your kids for the future is a daunting task. Kids do what we do…not what we say they must do. And, with that, comes the parental responsibility to breed a generation of good actions, to lead by example and not dictatorship.

Busy Moms: The Real Reason for all the Busyness

by Andy Cohen | anxiety, motherhood | 0 comments

Busyness blocks out the opportunity to really address the life we are living and how happy we actually are living in it.

Raising an only child

by Tiffany Markman | family time, only child | 11 comments

There are loads and loads of mommies out there, like me, who have chosen to have one child. For loads and loads of reasons. And many are fed up with the questions and the comments. But, I’m not. So I’m gonna come right out and say it: I rather enjoy being challenged on our family’s one child choice.