Posts Tagged ‘dad’

My mother still thinks she controls my life

I’m twenty-six years old, but my mom still thinks she controls my life. I recently moved back home with my partner of five years. I didn’t do this because I’m in any sort of financial crisis myself‚Äîrather, we moved back home because my mom thinks my dad may lose his job in the midst of [...]

Never Done The Right Way For Mom

I am almost fifty years old and my mother can still make me feel like I’m a child. No matter what I do it is never done the right way for mom.  Three years ago she had a stroke. For a year and a half she was in a rehab facility. When I would go [...]

10 tips for successful motherhood

So, how does one become a successful mum ? This is almost an open ended question that many mothers or mother-to-be will ask. Here are 10 tips that will serve as guidelines for us parents. 1) Having a support network Do you often feel lonely trying to cope with taking care of your child? Having [...]

Philip Larkin wrote

They f*** you up, your mum and dad.   They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had   And add some extra, just for you. But they were f***ed up in their turn   By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern [...]