Fladun / One-car family goes up a gear
"We’re in the market for a new car and most days I’m besieged by salespeople calling me about their latest special deal and various offers to 'sweeten the pot'," writes Mum in the City columnist SONYA FLADUN
Sonya Fladun
“Many of us are enjoying the summer break, but quite a few of us are…
“No matter how good you are, or at least try to be, escaping swearing is…
SONYA FLADUN contemplates the highs and lows of feeling forty...
Who needs friends? I do!
FRIENDSHIPS really are important. Just ask any child. As soon as they venture out the…
Keeping calm and carrying on
ACTING, faking it, painting on that smile and using one’s “please-pass-the-butter” voice even if it…
A happy kid finds a bully at her throat
Bullying hit home to SONYA FLADUN when her six-year-old reluctantly confessed a boy at school had been hurting her.
I LOVE Canberra’s public artworks. Former chief minister Jon Stanhope deserves full credit for investing…
BEFORE kids, I loved shopping. I loved the whole experience of going out, trying things…
“I REMEMBER when kids used to be able to walk,” I found myself ruminating to…
It’s said the 40s are the new 30s and women are like fine wine, getting…
WHEN my children were infants and I was dealing with sleepless nights, temper tantrums, chronic…
FOR a long time it appears male teachers have been going the way of the…
“WHY do you do it to yourself,” a friend without children asked me the other…
IS civility seriously in decline? Regrettably, I think so, and I don’t think I’m alone…
I REMEMBER dreading my mum running into my friends and their parents and telling this…
SONYA FLADUN has just returned to work after an extended period at home looking after…
Big is not always better when it comes to education, says Mum in the City…
SCHOOL mornings can be stressful. My kids have PhDs in passive resistance. Getting them fed,…
