#AdviceNeeded: How do I know if I want a third child?
It’s Friday! Which means producer Nina asks Em and Leah the most interesting parenting dilemmas sent in to Mum Club this week.
Parenting
Has ‘mummy wine time’ gotten out of control?
As we reach the end of Dry July, Em and Leah are pondering the drinking culture around motherhood,
#AdviceNeeded: My daughter is wearing too much make-up
Nina, Em and Leah cover how to ask your mother to consider not holidaying when you need her help, what happens when you don’t see eye to eye with your partner around screen time and do you tell your daughter that she’s wearing too much make-up or just let it go?
Surprise! it’s a parenting intervention
Leah says enough is enough and brings in the big guns to help Em break a parenting habit that is making a rod for her own back.
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Mum’s ‘entitled’ act with iPad at a wedding sparks debate
“The mother confronted me in a very aggressive manner,” the guest wrote. What would you do?
Little girl sells her own artwork outside home
This seven-year-old sat outside her front yard selling her personalised drawings in the hopes of earning some money
Mum shamed for ‘disgraceful’ supermarket act with toddler
“I don’t think it’s your job to be giving your opinion. My child is really unwell,” the distraught mum fired back.
Guests fume over parents’ ‘entitled’ wedding act
“The lack of social awareness some people have is amazing.”
School Camp Safety from an ex-child abuse detective
Do you worry about your child’s safety on camps?
A mum asked an intrusive question about my 6yo’s party
“I don’t appreciate being treated as some sort of potential criminal in need of supervision in my own home,” Diedre said.
Preschool in lockdown after man sneaks in to playground
“Staff acted quickly … we usually do drills for this kind of thing, so we know what to do.”
I sent my parents on a free holiday – but it cost my sanity
“Incredibly, I got incessant whingy texts about the same thing repeatedly.”
Customers outraged at Domino’s surcharges
“Either raise your prices to accommodate the cost or take the hit.”
I absolutely hate kids’ parties – because of this one question
One topic arises every time I attend an event with kids, and it leaves me filled with dread. Here’s why I don’t think I’m alone, writes Emily Olle.
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