Mama Bear Tales

Category: parenting

  • New Beginnings…Ideas for A Calm 2026

    Welcome back, dear reader. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas time and a good start to the new year. Where to start. It took me a long time to write this post – not knowing how much to share, or whether to share at all. My last post was in late September, and there…

  • How to (Effectively) Soothe the Rage Mum

    Recently an influencer I follow on Instagram was asked by a mum how to handle mum rage. The influencer responded, saying she should try taking a few deep breaths or counting to ten. I felt my blood curl reading that response (ironically). The influencer did state that she didn’t experience mum rage herself, and I…

  • On Starting the Term and Settling Into Kindergarten

    Autumn is sneaking up on us, and tomorrow it will already be the first of September. I can’t quite believe how this summer has raced past – and for the first time in a long time, I wish it were a little longer. I love autumn, but this summer off work with the kids has…

  • The Purpose of Having a Purpose in Parenting and Teaching

    On the benefits of purposeful and intentional leadership as a parent or teacher.

  • Why Our Education and Parenting Systems Might Fail to Stop the Rise of Autocracy – An Opinion

    by Angie R. With a quite alarming increase of autocratically-leaning politicians worldwide, proposing autocratic policies and limiting the freedom of speech, human rights of medical access, and much more which has been taken for granted until recently, I assume many people, like myself, have wondered how that could be. After all, we’re our most enlightened…

  • On Spanking and the Lessons You Teach

    This post was originally posted on May 13th, 2021 on Floating the Boat. What do the Congo, South Sudan, Turkmenistan and most European countries have in common? At first you might struggle to find too many similarities (or maybe there are), but they all belong to the 53 countries which have officially outlawed hitting children…

  • On Sleep and Sleep Training

    This blog post was originally published on April 24th 2021 on Floating the Boat. When having a baby, mothers usually conglomerate to exchange tips, horror stories and, quite frankly, to get out of the house. Thankfully, I’m in quite a few lovely mothers’ groups and it is always interesting what other parents do/don’t do. Over the…

  • Creating A Space in Which Baby Can Develop

    This blog post was originally published on January 24th 2021 on Floating the Boat. “Just do your job, then let go.”​Tao, 24 As part of my new morning routine, I work through the Lebe Inspiriert Book by Debora Karsch, as well as reading the Tao for my spiritual work. I realised amidst the topsyturvydom of motherhood,…

  • Why I Put A Rhythm Over A Routine with My Baby

    This blog post was originally published on January 16th 2021 on Floating the Boat. When I browse through Pinterest, I get hundreds of “Routine with Your Newborn” etc. etc. pictures that give you minute daily routines to the second that you should implement on your child as quickly as possible. In the many, many books I’ve…

  • Why Sleeping Aids May Not Be A Bad Thing

    This blog post was originally published on January 9th, 2021 on Floating the Boat. When I was pregnant, and even before, I held smug views on baby sleep. First of all, I was convinced MY baby would have no trouble falling asleep because it would be so cocooned in love and warmth that it would happily…