TGE's CURRENT READ: We Were Perfect Parents until We Had Children

TGE’s Current Read caught up with, two of the fiercest women in the publishing and parenting space – Vanessa Raphaely and Karin Schimke, to talk about their book: We Were Perfect Parents Until We Had Children.

Through combined effort, Vanessa and Karin gathered together several key experiences and insights from members of The Village – a 60k-member-strong Facebook group that offers support, wisdom and a shoulder to cry on for parents across South Africa.
Having kids is a baffling endeavour beset with sulks, meltdowns, anxiety and disappointment – and that’s just the parents! When you get that call to the principal’s office? When the school acceptances don’t come? When the bedroom door slams and you hear your child sobbing behind it? All awful but the family years are also, to many of us, our most precious time. The trick? To find a way to enjoy our families, love our children and believe in them and ourselves despite the daily challenges. And laugh . . .

Parenting doesn't get easier, folks. It just challenges us in all new, different and scary ways. Luckily, we have each other – and this book – to guide us through the tough times.

Tune in to The Great Equalizer’s conversation with the Authors here.

About the Authors:
Vanessa Raphaely started her career on London’s Fleet Street before returning to SA to become the multi-award-winning editor of Cosmopolitan, and to run Associated Media. After 20 years, Vanessa left and launched The Village Facebook Group.

For years, author, editor and writing coach Karin Schimke was a parenting columnist for Femina magazine and a journalist who contributed regularly to Parent24. Karin is author to the weekly ‘Love Letter’, which tracks her adventures in her post-parenting years.

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers