Life Xtra

Life Xtra

Disciplining kids: Mums vs. dads

A popular line almost everyone is familiar with is “Spear the rod and spoil the child”. But whose responsibility is it, really, to discipline the chil

Maintaining a balance

Regardless how much our family means to us or how seriously we take our jobs there is need for us to take into cognizance that each of this is an inde

Why should boys do chores?

Requiring that boys are left out of certain chores is a matter of debate. Some believe a male child should be treated as such and not be required to d

12/12/12: Why it is just like any other day

“From two days before when my mum realised it would be a day with a unique date, and that it fell midweek she began drumming it in our ears that we we

Stay on track with your 2013 resolutions

The quickest route to falling off the health and fitness wagon is to set yourself unrealistic goals, which you simply haven’t thought through. Spendin