A child is crying. Someone is asking for a snack. The pressure cooker whistles. Your phone is ringing. The television is on. There are toys under your feet, messages waiting to be answered, and one more person saying, “Mumma, look!” Then suddenly, something small happens and you snap. If you have ever felt that you […]

The Question I Hear Most Often In my 17 years as a child psychologist and parenting coach, the question I hear most often from new and newer mothers is not about sleep schedules or toddler behaviour. It’s a quieter, more unsettling question  and it usually comes out haltingly, sometimes tearfully, often with a look of […]

The Number That Surprised Even Me A 2026 study found that 84.6% of parents in the United States report feeling guilty about their children’s screen use, up from 74% just a year earlier. And yet, in that same study, only 2% of parents of young children allow no screen time at all. That gap  between […]

A Statistic That Stopped Me Mid-Session According to a 2023 survey by the American Psychological Association, 68% of new mothers report significant anxiety when returning to the workplace after childbirth. In my 17 years as a child psychologist and parenting coach, I can tell you that number sounds about right  and yet, not a single […]

Here is something that surprises many mothers I speak with: globally, about 1 in 5 women experience postpartum depression  and if you’ve had PPD once, your risk of it returning in a second pregnancy rises by up to 50%. (Source: postpartumdepression.org, 2025). Yet, so many mothers heading into their second pregnancy believe they are somehow […]