by Hettie Brittz and talltreestraining.com Last week around 9 pm, after a parenting talk, I walked out of a church in the USA with a lady who was visibly hobbling along on sore feet. She works in the church kitchen …
By Hettie Brittz. Adapted from Growing Kids with Character 2.0. Copyrighted. (N.B. – In the USA lollipop trees are known as boxwood trees) Lollipop trees are the children we need to talk to as though our words were stones and …
Some have to overcome cancer; others the loss of a child, divorce or financial hardship. I had to overcome the aversion to what I thought was an equally regrettable affliction: being born pink. I always knew I was a girl, …
– Hettie Brittz van Immergroen Ouerskap Daar is vir ouers deesdae soveel ‘goeie nuus’ in ouerskapboeke en –tydskrifartikels: Julle hoef nie meer julle kinders te straf nie! Julle hoef nooit weer seer konflik te hê in julle gesin nie! Julle …
– by Hettie Brittz www.evergreenparenting.co.za There she sits on a chair near the playground. Kids are climbing over her. They have peanut butter sandwiches. Soon, she is wearing them – both the kids and the peanut butter sandwiches. It is …
My in-laws recently moved into our garden flat, but months before the removal truck arrived, a huge trailer loaded with what seemed like their entire garden came crawling up the driveway. It was loaded with potted plants. Not just any …
-by Hettie Brittz, adapted with permission from the books Growing Kids with Character and unNatural Mom When the apple falls far from the tree, life can suddenly become very uncomfortable for a mom and the kids she is raising. After …
by Hettie Brittz Opposites tend to attract (or the cynics may say “opposites attack”) which is why most couples raising kids together know all about the infamous parenting style clash. Dad feels his daughter should start dating at 30 while …
by Hettie Brittz Have you ever watched ducklings on a lake, following their mommy duck in a perfectly straight line? You could almost imagine an invisible string keeping them strung together like pearls. It’s a serene picture of mothering contentment …
by Hettie Brittz I grew up in South Africa, nick-named the Rainbow Nation. It doesn’t get more colorful than on the southern tip of the Dark Continent. We have 11 official languages and many others spoken in numbers too small …