parenting – Page 3 – One Book a Week

When is a good time for a child to leave the parent’s house?

I have met some people who think it’s acceptable to sit on their parent’s sofa, eat their food, drive their car and complain when they get asked to go out and find a job. So I started asking myself, when is a good time for a child to leave home? I suppose it depends onContinue reading “When is a good time for a child to leave the parent’s house?”

Reconstructing Amelia By Kimberly McCreight * Book Review

Reconstructing Amelia follows the story of working mother, Kate, who receives a call one day from her teenage daughter’s school telling her that her daughter, Amelia, has been suspended and needs to be picked up. Due to traffic and work obstacles, Kate arrives at the school late, and by the time she does, there areContinue reading “Reconstructing Amelia By Kimberly McCreight * Book Review”

Tips from Amy Poehler on How to be a good Mom and Wife

Make sure he’s grateful to be with you. Your boobs won’t be as big as mine but you will be happy about that as you get older. Always tell people when they do a good job. Always have a messy purse. Guilt works. You are the smartest and best. Monty Python is funny. Be niceContinue reading “Tips from Amy Poehler on How to be a good Mom and Wife”

Chicken Soup for the Mother’s soul * 101 Stories

I read this lovely book while sitting on a 2h commute and I think I laughed and I cried and I felt like having a baby just here and now. I recommend this book to any new mother to be – either by adopting, using a carrier mommy or even by carrying the little bundleContinue reading “Chicken Soup for the Mother’s soul * 101 Stories”

American Pastoral * Philip Roth Book Review

It took me ages to finish this book, not because it was boring but because it was filled with clumpy description of un-interesting events and people who had little to no meaning towards the story. I got interested in this great classic of American literature after watching the movie starring Ewan McGregor and I thought –Continue reading “American Pastoral * Philip Roth Book Review”

How to bring up your child without a sense of Entitlement

A young man was applying for a high position in a big company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The Director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked him: – you received a scholarship at school? The young man replied – I didn’t. –Continue reading “How to bring up your child without a sense of Entitlement”

12 COMMANDMENTS FOR PARENTS

In a child’s education an important factor is the parents’ expertise for this “job”. No one is born holding all the knowledge, but we can learn and understand some things from books or advice from qualified persons.

Teaching a toddler to walk

Exercise is essentially important to the health of the infant. Its first exercise, of course, will be in the nurse’s arms. After a month or two, when it begins to sleep less during the day, it will delight to roll and kick about on the sofa: it will thus use its limbs freely; and this,Continue reading “Teaching a toddler to walk”

The Servants of Twilight * Dean Koontz

To his mother, Joey seems an ordinary six-year-old boy – special to her, but to no one else. To the Servants of Twilight, however, he is an evil presence who must be destroyed – an Anti-Christ who must die. This is a scary could-be-story about the power of cults and how they cannot stop onceContinue reading “The Servants of Twilight * Dean Koontz”

The Piano Teacher – The Metaphysics of Self-Denial

A short analysis of Erika Kohut from the book “The Piano Teacher” by Elfriede Jelinek. The nobel prize winner book has been adapted into a highly rated movie – tough and filled with disturbing sex scenes.