By now we are familiar with the term Lockdown. It is on everyone’s lips. If it was in the ancient days, children who are born in this period will be named after various keywords. NomaLockdown; Locki, Locko, Cororo; Virina; and more… But who is a Lockdown Dad?
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Kids of today are far more confident and challenging; they want to know everything and can prove your old wives tales wrong with a Google search. They’ll teach you how to use your new washing machine and know about the latest ruling against spanking in South Africa. Don’t be surprised to hear about politics at the supper table either.
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When looking for an au pair agency, your most important concerns are probably the quality of the candidates, the costs, and the reliability of the agency. But what happens if things go wrong? If you’re choosing an au pair, read this first.
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When becoming a dad, life changes. Its that simple. Your life changes. We don’t have a choice in that. What we do have a choice in, is whether that change is going to be for the better or not.
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It didn’t take too long for my 5 (almost 6 year old) to rattle off a list of what her daddy means to her and voila, this blog was born.
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As we approach Sunday the 19th June, Father’s Day in South Africa, I thought it an appropriate approach to reflect and assess the job of being a dad.
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Everyday I wake up to the intimidating knowledge that I am a father; intimidating because, while I derive great pleasure out of seeing my children grow, I’m still convinced that I might not be doing a great job.
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I read somewhere once that anyone can be a father but that it takes someone special to be a dad. I couldn’t agree more.
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I’m a big guy. I’m six feet tall. I weigh around a hundred kilos. But all of it pales away to nothing when my 20kg four-year-old daughter juts out her jaw, looks me in the eye and decides to go to war.
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A good friend of mine once equated becoming a parent with the first time you have sex. You think you know what it’s going to be like, what it’s going to feel like, what you’ll be like doing it, but the truth is you simply don’t.
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So what does it really mean. Quite frankly, it changes every day according to your kids age, gender, mood or feelings. BUT whatever it means, you signed up for it, so give it your all.
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I have been a father for over 5 years and for the last three of those to two boys Luca (the eldest) and Mika.
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