by Dancing Wombat | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Health and Fitness
Ahh – bedtime routines. Excellent in theory and great in practice if we can actually get our kids to follow them, or when they’re not interrupted by other demands. When we have more than one child or after-school activities to consider, bedtime routines are...
by Dancing Wombat | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Life Skills
Did you watch Elon Musk’s Tesla space launch the other day? Way to travel!! Back on frontier Earth, it seems technology still can’t overcome transport problems we’re living with now. For many among us, who will always rely on public transport to get from A to B,...
by Dancing Wombat | Dec 28, 2017 | Blog, Coping Strategies
I try to adopt the Monty Python approach to life and always look on the bright side. However, we all know that this is more easily said than done. Could mindfulness help out? The other day my 16 year old announced that he wanted to move out of home. When we asked...
by Dancing Wombat | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog, Identity and Belonging, Socialisation
Changing schools Thirteen days. Not even a fortnight. A mere thirteen days from his first plaintive request to be home-schooled to Littlest Wombat’s (LW) visiting and deciding on a new school. The following day was his last at the old school. It seems abrupt,...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 13, 2017 | Achievements, Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
Living with teens is, to my mind, like an uncertain trek through the ‘Stans’ of the ancient Silk Route – Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and so on. We often view the ‘Stans’ as metaphors for uncertainty,...
