How A K-Pop Band Brought Me Closer To My 14-Year-old Daughter
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How A K-Pop Band Brought Me Closer To My 14-Year-old Daughter

As parents we are so quick to judge our children’s behaviour and choices, often forgetting that they are also trying to deal with an overwhelming world in their own way. Maybe, that’s the part of parenting that we need to focus more on: where we listen to our kids and embrace their peculiar choices. I never imagined that listening to a K-pop band would strengthen my relationship with my daughter.
Why I Chose To Break Up With the Bra
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Why I Chose To Break Up With the Bra

Twelve years after I was first introduced to the bra, I decided to break up with it. It wasn’t a decision borne out of rebellion or one to support a socio-political movement. Some of us just like going braless.
Help! My Mother is a Candy Crush Addict
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Help! My Mother is a Candy Crush Addict

If you thought that all mothers are a picture of humility, grace, and unconditional love, you are wrong. Mine is a raging, swearing, warm-your-own-food kind of obsessive gamer. Currently, she’s leading her friends on stage 2,510 of Candy Crush Saga.
Tribhanga is that Film Which Makes You Call Your Mum and Say, “I Just Wanted to Hear Your Voice”
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Tribhanga is that Film Which Makes You Call Your Mum and Say, “I Just Wanted to Hear Your Voice”

Since watching Netflix’s Tribhanga, I’ve recommended it to several close women friends despite its agonising flaws, simply for its arresting central premise. So many of us have travelled the path the three women in the film are walking on. Confident in our abilities to make better, different, more authentic choices than the ones made by our own mothers and then realising we’re a lot more like our mothers than we ever intended to be.