Parenting

Congratulations to the mum who recently posted the following on Target's Facebook page:

"Dear Target, Could you possibly make a range of clothing for girls 7-14 years that doesn't make them look like tramps … You have lost me as a customer when buying apparel for my daughter as I don't want her thinking shorts up her backside are the norm or fashionable.''

(According to The Age, last night the post had attracted more than 44,000 ''likes'' and 2300 comments ...

Ever wanted to be a fly on a wall? Ever wanted to hear what your kids and their mates talk about?

Recently I had a car full of boys aged 11 and 12. We were off to a school football game and I was the designated driver. Never one to be shy and retiring, and god forbid 'a boring mum', I cranked up the CD with a bit of Queen's 'We Will Rock You' to get the lads in the mood for a thumping win. There we were driving down the freeway with the stereo blasting, 5 boys and one crazy mum, ...

I am not a born cook. I am not even a born again cook. I would not go so far as to say 'I Hate Cooking' but I would certainly venture towards serious dislike. Cooking does not come naturally to me. It is a chore. Worse than hanging out the washing. Better than cleaning the bath. But a chore none the less. And now, having just racked my brains for a simple, throw together dish and having opted for pasta, I left the wooden spoon the the mixture for too long, and then picked it up to give a ...

A magazine cover of a stunning women breastfeeding a three year old child. Both stare in to the camera with a slight look of defiance. I am slightly taken aback, not only by the beauty of the mother but also by the fact that if she has been feeding her child for THREE years how on earth does her breast look so pert and 'non saggy'??

Have you seen the cover of Time Magazine? To some it will be confronting. To others it will be beautiful. To Time Magazine - it is clearly a ploy ...

There are plenty of post baby books to help interprit the poos and the burps and the chucks and the snot, but when I had my first baby there weren't any books about how to look after 'me'.

I was sometimes lost in a sea of doubt. And my doubt was not always about how to be a great mum and how to look after my baby. Often my doubts were how to be a 'great me'. Frankly I felt a bit lost - who was I now? I had gone from being a corporate high flyer to a poo covered zombie in the blink ...