Lifehack: Family Brain
An actual mind-reading trick for those who don't plan life down to every last car-refuelling and bathroom-cleaning.
Category: Children
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Things that are harder when you…STOP EATING THE GRASS LIKE A DOG…have small children!
I read some of what the internet says on productivity and I listen to podcasts that frequently refer to particular productivity practices. And I find a lot of it hard to consume because of the realities of living with small children around. Here are some things that are hard to do when you have small […]
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On balance of creativity and passivity with kids and screentime
This is from a great episode of the ChangeLog podcast that interviews Tim Bell, the founder and creator of CS Unplugged: a collection of free teaching material that teaches computer science through engaging games and puzzles. I struggle with how much screentime our kids have. Perhaps this quote will inspire is to do more creative things […]
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Typical supper-time learnings: Will It Fly?
A typical conversation over an evening bowl of porridge in the Wintle household. This is how a) one of our children learns random stuff and b) Bedtime takes FOREVER.
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The Introvert Parent’s Day
From a little while ago…but feeling very relevant today…
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Parenting Jenga
Parenting Jenga: a visual note about what life is like sometime
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To the man on the pink scooter
You probably thought I was a bit funny. I mean, you were the adult man on the pink, three-wheeled Barbie scooter, but *you* probably wondered what *I* was doing. I was in my car. I saw you from afar and had resolved to cheer you on. At first I wasn’t sure if you were a […]
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Parenting: Living someone else’s life
And so we've come to see that one of the key facts of parenting is that you really truly do start living someone else's life.
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Highly sensitive
I recently discovered the trait of High Sensitivity - it's been a revelation to me and my family. Here's why.
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Bike! Hat! Wow!
I’ve always been a keen cyclist in one way or another, and even more so since we moved to Swindon. So it’s quite amazing that its taken so long to get us using bikes as a family to get around. There’s been several reasons for this. For one, my ‘workhorse’ bike has had a wobbly […]