In this book, Vanessa Raphaely and Karin Schimke have gathered together experiences and insights from The Village members a 60k-member-strong Facebook group that offers support, wisdom and a shoulder to cry on for parents across South Africa.
These are the gems and remedies from the real parenting experts – the parents – to help you raise your family in your own perfectly imperfect way.
After a traumatic first birth experience, Sam Herbst had high hopes for her second. She assumed that she’d be a lot more prepared, armed with knowledge and fully aware of what she was heading into. Until Covid-19 hit. Here is her story about being pregnant in a pandemic.
Like many mothers juggling work, home and the motherload, Charlene Armstrong came head to head with a version of herself she didn’t quite recognise. Once Covid19 hit local shores, she was formally diagnosed with depression. Here is her story, and why she’s calling BS on “balance”.
