Sep 22, 2020
When I was doing my certification for becoming a safeguarding officer I learned a lot about abuse and neglect. Levels of it that you don’t want to imagine. We mostly think of the most extreme cases being physical neglect, not providing enough or good food, not having clean or fitting clothes, not taking care...
Sep 15, 2020
The pandemic has revealed so much of the flaws in our systems that most of us probably didn’t know were there. Like for example, How much of school is babysitting?
Join our Creative Kids Club at www.mamatoto.info/kidsclub
Aug 18, 2020
What skills are going to be most valuable for our kids in the future? It looks like creativity, critical thinking and collaboration are things worth focusing on in our kids. How do you mix teaching these skills into your parenting?
Aug 13, 2020
How has going slower and deeper during this time at home taught us more empathy and consideration for others? For some of us it has, for some of us it hasn't. This is a little rant about yet another elusive silver lining of shelter in place.
Aug 11, 2020
What are our kids really saying when they are having arguments or meltdowns that seem irrational from a grown up's perspective?