Now you are one, I am suddenly overwhelmed with so many emotions that I thought had mellowed into the back of my mind; because my darling boy your arrival heralded my mental unravelling.
We should really prepare parents-to-be with what may follow after the birth. I mean giving birth - yeah, that's a proper fanny-changing moment but that process is fleeting. What follows however, requires a proper parenting 101.
My mum phoned this week, with a slight note of accusation in her voice. “Was it true,” she wanted to know, “that my four year old had NEVER been to the library?”
I am sure as adults when you feel overwhelmed by some emotions you have a coping mechanism, so why hadn’t I thought of providing my children with the opportunity to form them too?
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