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Allowing risks for the purpose of building resilience comes under the male evolutionary banner of rearing young warriors. because since Aug/September, when dad first told me about mum's dementia-type behaviour, there hasn't been a week without finding out something new. There’s a lot of things I recognise – at our debute in parenthood there were a lot of opinions from the Silent Generation, on feed intervals, sleep tacktics and what not.

I have no idea how I managed to bring my first two kids up without a smartphone, though I do have dim memories of standing in a daze over a cot holding an actual hairdryer. everything makes more sense, encourage what you are doing is actually ok or highlights what you are doing wrong and how to change it. Sometimes teenagers don’t really want that, they want you to listen to them and the language they use, especially around anxiety.

I follow Lorraine Candy in her Podcast about midlife and already appreciated her good humour and tips/comments on the teenager world. It’s possible too, that she may fear she will ultimately have to make a choice between him and you and your sister and of course, this may be a fear that you share with her. Her insistence on maintaining self-control, pride, joy, support, humility in the face of their growth is vastly humane and sweet.The apps help, but you should see the latest in AI-driven toys – 24hr talking machines – Wikipedia on demand.