There are times when, no matter how close two friends are, their children just don’t click. Meeting up becomes a nightmare. This can lead to uncomfortable feelings between the adults. Counselling psychologist Stephanie Borg Bartolo shares her views.

Like many new mums, I worried unnecessarily about so many things. If I had to turn back the clock, here’s what I would tell myself about being a first-time mum.

Children grow out of their clothes fast and often stain or rip their favourite garments. So is it worth spending money on their clothes?

Motherhood takes emotions to a whole new level. On one side of the spectrum there is pure love. On the other there is uncontrollable, irrational rage. Paulann Grech sheds light on what causes this normal reaction in mothers and offers some tips to control it.

When I first became a mother I experienced what felt vaguely familiar. It felt like adolescence: the insecurities, uncomfortable feelings, changing body parts, hormones and more. I was going through matrescence. Perinatal psychiatrists Ethel Felice and Rachel Buhagiar talk about this transition from woman to mother.

The more I think about superpowers, the more I realise that I know many mummies (and daddies) who have them… the human, real version of superpowers.

It’s January. The festive season is over. The Christmas tree is back in storage. For many of us, it’s time to step out of the December slumber and back into reality. It’s Monday blues on steroids.

Here’s a question I find myself struggling to answer as a parent: How much should I push my child? Counselling psychologist Stephanie Borg Bartolo helps uncloud this question.

The other day, while I was driving home from work, I thought back to a series of different conversations I’ve been having with several friends who have kids. I realized that many parents are currently going through some kind of beginning-of-school-aftershock. Let me explain.

September is a time of change. Summer is ending. School is about to start. This is the time of year when the dormant mummy chat – that semi-hibernates over the summer – reawakens.