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Parenting & Childhood
Raising children with warmth, character, and a sense of who they are.
4 stories
Why Children Ask to Hear the Same Family Stories Again
Tell it again. Every parent hears it. Children love family stories, and they want the same ones over and over. That repetition is doing important work.
30 August 2026 · 4 min read · Petro van der Watt
The Childhood Moments That Quietly Build Confidence
Confidence in children is often built in small moments nobody notices: a task finished alone, a problem solved, a story told and listened to.
5 August 2026 · 4 min read · Divan van der Watt
What we hope they will remember about this ordinary, overcrowded, luminous year — and why that hope is already a kind of love
A long title, on purpose, so we can see how the journal and the editor behave when a headline runs on.
20 July 2026 · 1 min read · Divan van der Watt
Teaching Family Values Through Everyday Choices
Family values are not taught in a single conversation. Children learn them by watching how the adults around them make small choices every day.
15 July 2026 · 4 min read · MMOY Editorial