Most scholars and students feel a noose around their neck when you mention rules. For teens, they believe it’s just a bunch of adults...

I don’t know if this happens with you but when I try to give advice to my children, I get a roll of the eyes, a flip of the hair and a...

The last two years has made maintaining social relationships almost impossible. It has affected humans across generations and there...

On 18 August 2017, my mother passed away very suddenly. We had made lots of plans for that month, which we never got to fulfill. She was...

I’m the sort of mother who, when all else fails, I resort to scare tactics. Hardly admirable and probably frowned upon by the supermoms...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remains one of my favourite movies. Winning that golden ticket and getting to see the chocolate factory?...

Long before the pandemic sent us scurrying to have a blended life with online and real living, social media had already started to become...

Some days, it’s hard to believe that Roland and I met in the age before social media. As if married life wasn’t hard enough, throw social...

Don’t we all wish we could have a comment manager like some large brands do so that we keep ourselves out of hot water? I most certainly...

Today it suddenly hit me that Cait will be 18 in roughly 3 months and I will need to get her a cellphone. Not a new one. Her FIRST one....

Have you ever looked at someone’s social media pages and just felt it was one post and one photo too many? I feel that everyday!! It is...

Having dealt with the issues that plague our family Whatsapp groups in a previous post, it’s necessary to focus a little on those other...

The historic march in 1956 where approximately 20 000 women gathered with one mission and one voice is celebrated and honoured on 09...

I think the reason I like writing is because way too often when I speak, I get into trouble over the tone of my voice. I’m a naturally...

Even though I’m 40 (cough) something there are some days when I am reminded of high school life and I wince. Other days, I thank my...

Two weeks ago my dirty laundry was everywhere. For our wellbeing and out of concern for the person who helps us keep sane by cleaning our...

We would all love to believe that our little orbs of privacy are secure and well. You have done it and it has most certainly been done to...

Caitlin, my seventeen-year-old daughter recently took a photo of me lying in the sun, on a blanket, in the backyard. Actually, I may have...

Hunched in the corner of the coffee shop, book in hand but eyes fixed on the group of women seated at the adjacent table, busy with lunch...

Group chats have become part of our day to day lives. It is so much easier and cheaper to message someone than to actually pick up the...