Following on from my post yesterday, I stumbled upon the following link in my twitter feed about the guilt (American) mom's feel, and how the French seem to do the parenting thing so effortlessly. I knew there was a reason I have always liked the French. Some insight for all of us guilt-stricken moms ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-ollivier/bringing-up-bebe_b_1224589.html
I need some space
It is such a simple question, "how are you?", that especially in South Africa, it seems, everyone includes as a standard greeting , after "hello". And we all dutifully respond "Fine, and you?" This morning, while waiting for my cappuccino froth to foam, I greeted a few people, and had the same clichéd "hello, how …