I'm struggling a lot with parenting lately. It kind of feels like I have always struggled. Perhaps that is the nature of parenting. But in truth the last months have been extremely difficult and I'm fearing for my own sanity and that of my son ( Read more... )

To be honest, I waited for the year 2011 to end from August onwards. It felt like the whole year was this long battle of survival. I felt emotionally and physically drained. As a family we struggled with depression, alcoholism, son's never-ending ear infections, the shock and aftermath of son burning himself with hot tea, daughter's behavior issues ( Read more... )