I’ve written before about children’s household responsibilities and about the division of domestic responsibility between adults. There is a magic space between these two topics. Somewhere between a child whose mother tells him not to forget his water bottle and a grown man whose partner tells him to buy milk, something happens. A person can…
On teenagers, who scare me for exactly the same reasons I love them That Scariest Kind of People? After the recent story of my son’s stolen bicycle, I found myself thinking about teenagers again. Of course, I don’t know who exactly stole our bike, but the whole thing has a distinctly teenage signature: unscrew the…
A short story of my journey into making a film about childbirth PryNadiyi Blog In 2017, I became pregnant and started this blog because I couldn’t find the kind of blog I wanted to read myself. Writing it helped me get through a traumatic pregnancy, navigate motherhood I wasn’t prepared for, explore the questions that…
The child is 8, and they have started spending time with peers on their own, so for us this is another stage of adjustment, adaptation, and new challenges. It’s sometimes sad, sometimes funny 🙂 Separation is the process of gradual emotional and physical detachment of a child from their parents, natural and necessary for developing…
A friend recently asked me how I manage to maintain a “Montessori style” in the toy world my son and I share. It made me realize that, from his very first toys until now, we’ve actually managed to keep things minimal and orderly. We don’t have the problem of toys being left scattered around —…
One of the few sources of truth in my childhood was Pippi Longstocking, even though she told quite a few lies. But her lies were nothing like the lies or half-truths adults told, or the poor and unpractical education I received. Besides that, I had access to a whole library of children’s books, which filled…
I don’t like structure in my own life, but I love to organize and structure things. This probably stood out a lot in my recent articles. Now, dangerously close to a burnout episode, I felt like writing something freer, in a flow, about what is currently holding my fragile mind together. I am well aware…
I came across an incredibly insightful book by Alain de Botton, Emotional Education, which would be a great addition to the already long list of books I’d gladly translate into Ukrainian. We tend to underestimate the importance of our emotional world, seeing it as something secondary and private. This book addresses many essential topics related…
Infant formula — how did we get here after the natural breastfeeding process? In her book “Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession”, now in its seventh edition, leading pediatrician Dr. Ruth Lawrence calls infant formula “one of the greatest experiments in the history of mankind.” Formulas were invented, ingredients came and went, and no…
I am tired and alive. Today, without much structure or answers, just about the desire to fit everything in and figure out how to feel grounded in a world of endless possibilities. Insect or Superhuman? Lately, I feel torn apart by the sheer amount of everything I do, ideas, and choices. Preparing a presentation for…
