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23 Mar 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Brittany_Aus Explorers
I’m a Dad of 3—three girls. All being girls notwithstanding, that’s a fairly standard, nuclear family type of deal I suppose, but I began to veer from that, the most common travelled path, at 48 years of age after having found myself going against th...
20 Mar 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Brittany_Aus Explorers
My approach to parenting young kids in mid-life, when compared to my early 30’s, like my taste in music, has barely changed a bit. I’ve certainly changed and developed within myself, but there are traits that I have carried with along me, much like a...
14 Mar 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Brittany_Aus Explorers
I’m currently 50 years of age, with 3 daughters—one in her early 20’s, a 2-year-old, and a 5-month-old. The little ones aren’t the result of “accidents”, nor a means of staving off a midlife crisis by introducing babies into middle age—that would be...
28 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I live in a densely-populated, competitive Asian society, so it’s not uncommon to find parents signing their children as young as four up for enrichment classes. Elementary education used to be the place in which children learnt how to read and write...
26 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Sometimes, you just need a fresh pair of lens to evaluate your situation and calibrate your inner self. I have to give credit to @handsome_latino for the “superhuman” analogy. He mentioned about how not being a parent will make him miss out on the ch...
23 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
First things first, perhaps I’m not the best person to comment on this topic. In a moment of weakness, I confessed my deepest and darkest thoughts regarding my parenting journey: https://stacker.news/items/304937. I don’t enjoy the struggle. But pe...
9 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Nothing anyone says, nothing you read will ever prepare you enough to be a father. Until you become one and are struggling in the vast ocean. My boy has this annoying habit of playing with his toys before shower time. I get very exasperated with...
2 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
1) I smell my son’s hairMy “くさい！” makes him laughand her squeal in joy 2) Indestructible My baby girl screams her waySlaying life’s hurdles 3) My son went shoppingCame home to throw me popcorn that he bought for me 4) Winter winds bite hardPeop...
23 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Kai Le Sensei is awesome and here’s why: It’s not an exaggeration that my son has an avalanche of toys - and I’m facing increased stress not just from having to keep track of all his precious possessions, but also from playing detective to hunt for h...
3 Dec 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
I hit a wall in my parenting journey and was wondering if you could provide me with insights and perspectives. Logically, we know that we shouldn’t resort to bribery when getting small kids to do our bidding, because this works only for the short t...
