Going back to work…leaving my baby behind!

 

I got hired, and my stomach got disturbed. I feel like living a nightmare!

Why do we always have to say goodbye?

 

As the bus moved away from the familiar station, my heart ached with agony and my vision blurred with tears.

The parenting journey: Your five-year-old preschooler

A delightful age!

At this phase, your child tends to be reliable, stable, and well-adjusted. Secure within himself; he is calm, friendly, and not too demanding. He returns to the spirit of cooperation and desire for the approval of others witch he showed at three, only on a higher level. Five is a remarkable balance of qualities contained in one all-inclusive package.

Your child is now so ripe for learning!

The parenting journey: Your four-year-old troublemaker

An out-of-bounds little monster!

At this age, your four-year-old will remind you of the child he was at two and a half; he is bossy, noisy, and aggressive, with changing moods and uncontrollable burst of energy. He is out-of-bounds in his behavior (Kicks and fits of rage), in his speaking (big fan of inappropriate words), in his personal relationships (defying, threatening and swearing), in his imagination (telling long fictions), and his sense of property (everything he sees is his). This phase is also marked by insecurity (biting nails, picking nose, sucking thumb, crying…) and incoordination (stumbling, fear of heights…).

The parenting journey: Your three-year-old angel

The golden age!

After the rebellion of age two, your youngster is now at peace with himself and the world. He’ll take pleasure in being cooperative and win your approval, whereas in first adolescence, it often seems as if a child’s sole pleasure in life consists of being uncooperative.

Working Vs stay-at-home: Who’s the best mother?!

Scrolling down on my phone, my attention got caught by a controversy caused by a certain “Chikh” asserting that a working woman cannot possibly be a good mother. That same person then suggested a survey for men only to answer: 

The parenting journey: The age two’s ordeals!

Toilet training: How to succeed?

Before venturing any further, let’s set down some psychological facts:

The parenting journey: Your two-year-old adolescent

First adolescence: A fearful timid adult, a rebel, or a balanced person! 

The “first adolescence”, which is a stage of disequilibrium, goes from approximately second to third birthday. It’s called that way because your little one will be acting exactly like a teenager. During this transitional phase between babyhood and childhood, your youngster will be trying to break up the patterns of equilibrium he has achieved as a toddler in order to attain the maturity of a child.

The parenting journey: Your one-year-old explorer

Toddler-hood: Either a confident or doubtful adult!

This stage covers mostly the second year of your child’s life. It’s the stage of exploration and learning. To a toddler, the world is an endlessly fascinating place, and the curiosity he shows at this phase, is the same curiosity which at later ages will make him successful in school and in his occupation.

The parenting journey: Your newborn!

Parenting is a science that needs to be learned, and given the availability of information nowadays; it is only foolish not to take advantage of previous experiences and proven researches to ease the frustration of this heavy responsibility, and guarantee a healthy and fruitful growth to your child.

Unexpected Movies to watch ASAP!

If they would give an award for it, I’ll be undoubtedly nominated for movies expertise!

I’ve spent most of my free time consuming movies like breathing air. If you find me surfing on the net, it was mainly to look for the next movie to watch. Lots of them were a complete waste of time; it got me filled with disappointment and outrage every time I ended a terrible one, that’s why it is always helpful to have a list of the best ranked and recommended movies on you. After all, no one wants to throw out of the window two long hours on a shitty movie, especially when you have high hopes for the end, but it turns out that the producer had no intention to make it any better.  

A mother and still a gamer! How come?!

I've played video games for as long as I can remember. With two older brothers, I grew up watching them fighting over whose turn to play and who damaged the controller’s buttons or accidentally tore its wire. I forged my way to have a share in playing every once in a while with games like Super Mario bros or Duck hunt, but these were a sheer deserts comparing to the intriguing universe I discovered once we bought the PS1 in 2001.

A Delicious Meal in an Epidemic Nightmare

Everywhere she looks, there are people with masks walking hastily in all directions avoiding each other’s gaze as if by a sole glance the virus would jump from the contaminated and possess the fresh healthy host. She was aware that she must keep her distance; a safe space of nearly 2 meters from each person she encounters, but people keep violating that vast personal space. It’s not like we have one of those large sidewalks that would make avoiding people less stressful. However, every time she passes dangerously enough near someone or when she accidentally stood right next to a random person at the grocery store, she tries her best to hold for as long as possible her breath, so hopefully she won’t inhale the deadly virus-charged air around him.  

What does it mean to be Human?

Before humans, earth was only occupied by a wide range of unconscious species; living creatures that are not conscious of what they are or where they are. They definitely care even less about what surrounds them, and they don’t bother to understand why the trees grow or to weave myths and stories to justify seasons change. They are plainly indifferent as to how their bodies function, how the universe works or even why they exist in the first place. They are just surviving; they eat, drink, sleep and mate to sustain their race. They are purely and solely satisfying their biological needs.

Why so afraid of Death?!

We live in a mortal body, we love, we hate, we dream, we struggle, and then we plainly die. But we are all afraid of death, for some reason, we hold on so tightly to this imperfect world; a world that involves an extreme beauty and good, as well as a harsh cruelty and evil. We get lost at the contemplation of breathtaking natural views and overwhelming kindness of awesome people, but we get also frightened by the merciless catastrophes and the brutality of vicious humans. Between those two extremities, we enjoy life and despise death.

Male, Female, and the Mother!

Imagine if the life of a helpless little being was entrusted to a basic non-upgraded human. To an average and moderately selfish person. To someone who is fully conscious of the priority of his own life and needs, and inherently masters the survival instinct gadgets for his sole benefit. To an individual whose brain, in an hour of distress, would systematically reject any attempt to be troubled by something else other than its intrinsic well being. And to a simple mortal who would commonly be unwilling to sacrifice the comfort of every atom in his body for the sake of another tiny and greedy creature! Have you imagined yet what would’ve happened? Well, I’ll plainly tell you: YOU WON’T BE EXISTING! Actually none of us would, the small portion that would survive, if not extinct, will certainly have a “saving human race” facility to thank for, an institution with conscription policy, and within which all the employees are forced to nurse at gunpoint, though lot of them end up committing a tragic suicide.

Women sexuality in a culture of shame

In a conservative society, that by the way exhibits its conservative principles on women mainly; sex related subjects are a prohibited taboo. But allow me, through the following, to dare and tackle the forbidden and put audacious light on its dark corners.

Parenting and Ambition: How to make it work!

Here is a one million question: How can you conciliate between caring for a little tornado and, at the same time, aiming for accomplishment and prosperity in your career? The equation seems nearly hard to solve if it’s not hopeless. Juggling personal ambitions and parenthood is the upcoming mission impossible 7 y’all!

Everything wrong with « gender-equality »

 In a society where most of the credit goes to the male's role, the motive of a successful career and financial independency pushes everybody out there to a work that gets quick results and valid acknowledgment. Actually, the whole economic system encourages and incites people, equally men and women, towards this achievement, and this is not necessarily a bad thing, but here is the deal:

Happiness dilemma: a curse or a blessing?

Have you ever wondered why were you not as thrilled as you imagined you would be once you graduated, bought the latest phone, a brand new car, settled in a comfy house, got a better job, went on your dream vacation…? When our hopes and desires come finally true, why aren’t we extremely happy but rather lightly satisfied? The same goes for bad and unfortunate events; you can be fired, lose all of your money and your house, get sick, experience the death of a dear one… And you’ll may assume that if such hardship occurs, you’ll be awfully miserable and sad, but the truth is, you’ll feel down for a short period of time only to get back to your mildly dissatisfied mode. In other words, no one is ever fully happy or fully depressed in the long run, regardless the external circumstances. It got us thus wondering if this broadly stable state of mind is a wicked curse or is it a liberating gift instead!

What’s wrong with us?

We’ve been told that “What we believe in is right and the other’s beliefs are wrong. Our religion is perfect while the other religions are corrupted. Those are the rules and orders to follow and they are constant and efficient in all times and all places…” pretty much all the instructions we receive as kids are based on one fact: we are righteous thanks to our truthful religion and the others are corrupted because of their delusions and false beliefs.We are programmed to not question anything because we are undeniably superior and virtuous. We grew up believing that our powerful and enlightening religion is the key to a peaceful and prosper life, yet as adults we get struck by the awful reality; we live in a constant fear, corruption, injustice, violence, and  virtual disaster. Why?

The F*cked up Marriage

Here is a plain and short scenario that you are probably acquainted with: there is a guy, he has a job, maybe a car or a house, he is single but he’s thinking of settling down. And there is a girl, she is pretty, obedient, knows how to cook, maybe has a job, she is single but her surroundings think it’s time for her to settle down. The twist here is that the guy wants someone to satisfy his sexual needs, someone who would wash his clothes, cook and take care of the house and his children. The girl on the other hand wants to be married for the status itself and be normal according to the society’s standards. But who cares about the plot, let’s just skip directly to the denouement part: Male + Female = A freaking Wedding. Yaaay everybody’s happy.