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He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men (Part 2).

August 8, 2008

Last Friday saw Part 1 on my discussion of the wonderful book He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men, by Celia Lashlie. Today I will look at what Lashlie discusses in chapters 4 – 6. The Bridge of Adolescence You could kind of see this coming, but the emphasis in this chapter was [...]

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He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men (Part 1).

August 1, 2008

(Photo by DragonDrop) Back in June I posted about a talk that I went to at my children’s school on What To Expect When Expecting An Adolescent. I found the talk informative and an glimpse as to what I have coming in the next few years. A good friend then recommended me the book titled [...]

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Guest Post: Role Reversal Experience – Mr Infrastructure

July 30, 2008

Photo by Cayman Girl This is the first guest post on Planning With Kids and I am very proud that it comes from my gorgeous husband! Here is his experience from trading roles with me last week (completely unedited!!!). Back in 2003, Anika Sorenson (world #1 female golfer) addressed the media after her final round [...]

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The Role Reversal Experiment

July 24, 2008

This week Mr Infrastructure kindly took a week’s holiday leave, so he could stay home and allow me time on projects that I needed to work on. The Role Reversal Experiment has been an interesting insight for both of us. We agreed that I would work a similar schedule to Mr I’s hours. We have [...]

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Sleeping – Anyway You Can Get It

January 12, 2008

In our house sleep is a precious commodity. It was my turn to sleep in this morning. During the holidays we can get a day each on the weekend, as there is no week end sport that we have to be on time for. When my husband entered the room at 9.00am I thought he [...]