Trials of being a parent
Being a parent is like fighting for a seat on a RyanAir flight. Everyone is out for themselves and the weak are trampled.
Being a parent is like fighting for a seat on a RyanAir flight. Everyone is out for themselves and the weak are trampled.
My son recently got back from a school trip to Tallinn, Estonia where his class visited another school. A nice...
I had a parallel world experience yesterday. I went to pick up my son after school. I walked into his...
I visited my 5th grade son’s school earlier this week and I noticed kids’ projects taped to the wall for...
Our son (11 yrs old): Our class wants to do an “Old Timey Day” at school. Us (picturing frontier...
My 10-year old travels by himself on the subway to school each morning along with many other 10+ year olds....
In Sweden, most kids through Grade 3 have the opportunity for a free-time club through the schools during the summer. ...
My oldest son has twins in his class. I said, “Are they identical twins or fraternal?” He replied, “There are...
Today is everyone’s first day back to school after Easter break. I had to haul depressed kids to the kitchen...
There’s a parent at my kid’s school that is ….. hm…. how shall we say….. not a nice person. I...
I’ve been reading a book recently on World War 2 and was trying to mention a few things to my...
My 7 year old was very disappointed with his school lunch: “Ugh! They had fish sticks at school today, and...
My son is going to a party at his school this evening. No, it’s not a Valentine’s party. Because this...
Now that my son has to travel on his own to school, we gave him his own phone. Giving a...
I just realized that I forgot to report how I did in my most recent Swedish class. I got an...
You see, when the kids graduate in Sweden, they load them up on trucks and take them away to their...
I found out that my son hit another boy last week at school. My son is normally very calm and...
I had a test today in my Swedish class. It was a writing test. Out of the two topics given,...
You think I’m joking when I say everything about in Sweden is about Abba, but here is today’s homework in...
Our Swedish teacher asked our class of students from all over the world today what we thought was different about...