tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post4909992551726777009..comments2023-10-08T22:15:45.041+11:00Comments on Life & Other Crises: Free Advice From KerriKerri Sackvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08404421856986720832noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-2964899586497079022011-06-14T13:46:33.089+10:002011-06-14T13:46:33.089+10:00Dear Zoey,
Silly girl!!! You do not need to stab y...Dear Zoey,<br />Silly girl!!! You do not need to stab your own ear!!! Industrial strength earplugs worn at all times when in the vicinity of your child will do just fine.<br />Love, KerriKerri Sackvillehttp://www.lifeandothercrises.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-56692422894776760572011-06-13T07:24:43.955+10:002011-06-13T07:24:43.955+10:00How can I get my three year old to stop whining? A...How can I get my three year old to stop whining? At this point stabbing my own ear is looking like a fool proof solution.Zoey @ Good Googhttp://goodgoog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-66826530713273462682011-06-10T10:06:55.674+10:002011-06-10T10:06:55.674+10:00Thanks mum. Only problem is I don't have any g...Thanks mum. Only problem is I don't have any grandparents so I would have to borrow them too.Evil Cupcakehttp://twitter.com/iamevilcupcakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-74665790713020661122011-06-10T07:50:25.724+10:002011-06-10T07:50:25.724+10:00Oh that's so funny. It reminds me of a slightl...Oh that's so funny. It reminds me of a slightly younger friend of mine, who was bright orange for about a decade in her teens to twenties. Thank god she is now milky pale and beautiful again. <br />My girls are 3 and 10. I have SO much to look forward to....Kerri Sackvillehttp://www.lifeandothercrises.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-39710948538133923232011-06-10T06:28:39.504+10:002011-06-10T06:28:39.504+10:00Can I just add, that when your 14 year old daughte...Can I just add, that when your 14 year old daughter refuses to take note of your gentle hints, or holding her down and applying a flannel to 27 layers of make up (including 3 years of accumulated mascara) barely scrapes the surface, I have found it useful to pretend to give in. Take her to a make up counter in a swanky department store. As they are cleansing her down and making her up for free, they will find all sorts of imaginative and kindly ways to tell her to stop painting herself like a prostitute and you will leave with a fresh faced, beautiful and beaming young lady. I had completely forgotten that mine had fair skin as I had grown quite used to seeing her orange as far as her chin.Lesleyhttp://www.postcardpam.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-59879145910000049202011-06-09T21:34:39.661+10:002011-06-09T21:34:39.661+10:00My kids eat broccoli...and they love it, damn it! ...My kids eat broccoli...and they love it, damn it! *one eye twitches furiously*Lisa Linternnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-28471181022294595072011-06-09T21:01:27.950+10:002011-06-09T21:01:27.950+10:00Thank you SO much for the gorgeous feedback!!! I h...Thank you SO much for the gorgeous feedback!!! I hope your yuckiness passes very quickly and that all things good return to your life. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxKerri Sackvillehttp://profiles.google.com/k.sackvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-13222840712697199922011-06-09T20:53:59.393+10:002011-06-09T20:53:59.393+10:00Hi Kerri,
I'm not going to ask you any parent...Hi Kerri,<br /><br />I'm not going to ask you any parenting questions, just pass on some well deserved praise. My life is a million miles from yours but after a bout of yuckiness personally I found myself at the airport pleading with the book store man for any funny book could find. <br /><br />He gave me 'The Happiest Refugee - and your book. Both made me laugh out loud - at a time when I really needed it. <br /><br />So, no questions, just thanks. And I hope you do make thousands, get a TV show and all that good stuff!<br /><br />:-)Carmennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-3217158321418285442011-06-09T20:40:57.008+10:002011-06-09T20:40:57.008+10:00Buy them some very cool aftershave (something by P...Buy them some very cool aftershave (something by P Diddy is good) and mix in some suncream. Young men enjoy applying aftershave liberally to their entire bodies and are sure to be well protected from the elements.Kerri Sackvillehttp://profiles.google.com/k.sackvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-43117216766026995392011-06-09T20:39:29.826+10:002011-06-09T20:39:29.826+10:00Bern you have got this one all wrong. Your mistake...Bern you have got this one all wrong. Your mistake is to promise nice things to them in the first place. Keep expectations low, is what I always say. Actually, keep expectations non-existent. Then they can never be disappointed.Kerri Sackvillehttp://profiles.google.com/k.sackvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-66136216946326030122011-06-09T20:11:57.602+10:002011-06-09T20:11:57.602+10:00Kerri, how can I make sure that my teenagers wear ...Kerri, how can I make sure that my teenagers wear their suncream before they leave the house and possibly get melanoma while playing soccer (when I am usually in the shower when they leave)?Yvette Vignandohttp://happychild.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-29986274652090429492011-06-09T19:57:45.922+10:002011-06-09T19:57:45.922+10:00How bad, on a scale of one to ten, are you as apar...How bad, on a scale of one to ten, are you as aparent when you get told that "you always say you will do it tomorrow and then it never happens". This can relate to crimping hair or painting their nails. Or buying them new school shoes.Bernhttp://twitter.com/Bern_Morleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-77476505002884739392011-06-09T19:55:06.122+10:002011-06-09T19:55:06.122+10:00..... Bottle Shop goes without saying..... Bottle Shop goes without sayingJono Rosehttp://www.facebook.com/jonorosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-34857085704254370622011-06-09T19:47:28.080+10:002011-06-09T19:47:28.080+10:00I feel lots of things - including old. But that w...I feel lots of things - including old. But that wasn't what I wanted to say. I feel like I missed out on acquiring the sage parenting advice you could have offered me when my children were young. Sigh. Anniehttp://twitter.com/Annieb25noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-71469956860786975192011-06-09T19:46:19.760+10:002011-06-09T19:46:19.760+10:00As a wise woman with kind of grown up children (gr...As a wise woman with kind of grown up children (grown up in the sense that they wear bigger clothes than me & can drive cars) I feelAnniehttp://twitter.com/Annieb25noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-15360897206758500162011-06-09T19:37:59.775+10:002011-06-09T19:37:59.775+10:00This is difficult. Best solution is probably to te...This is difficult. Best solution is probably to tell your child's father to put it in his diary, so that when you both forget, it is all HIS fault.Kerri Sackvillehttp://profiles.google.com/k.sackvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-41057868643199521372011-06-09T17:43:46.435+10:002011-06-09T17:43:46.435+10:00I think you're selling yourself short, it'...I think you're selling yourself short, it's excellent advice. Although I'd add something to the 12 yr old question. "You think it's bad now? Wait 'til they're 15!" Jennifer Smartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-36277924444831341672011-06-09T17:00:56.827+10:002011-06-09T17:00:56.827+10:00I luff you!
CanIhaveaSmartie?CanIhaveaSmartie?Can...I luff you!<br /><br />CanIhaveaSmartie?CanIhaveaSmartie?CanIhaveaSmartie?Danyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-58352333998911821092011-06-09T16:34:30.724+10:002011-06-09T16:34:30.724+10:00How do you ensure that you actually remember to tu...How do you ensure that you actually remember to turn up at your child's school for special events in which they usually speak on stage for 3.6 seconds but will cry for 3.6 months if you don't make an appearance?Nikki Parkinsonhttp://www.stylingyou.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-91696654099701192722011-06-09T15:27:28.713+10:002011-06-09T15:27:28.713+10:00Yes.Yes.Kerri Sackvillehttp://www.lifeandothercrises.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-58775455714301597192011-06-09T15:27:20.156+10:002011-06-09T15:27:20.156+10:00None. Let them go barefoot and suffer the conseque...None. Let them go barefoot and suffer the consequences: Shame, Detention, Mocking from other students, and of course Wet Feet. They will not do it again.Kerri Sackvillehttp://www.lifeandothercrises.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-80185831852307572312011-06-09T15:26:36.080+10:002011-06-09T15:26:36.080+10:00I found it on my computer. I genuinely have no ide...I found it on my computer. I genuinely have no idea how it got there.Kerri Sackvillehttp://www.lifeandothercrises.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-47462040412699020362011-06-09T15:26:08.526+10:002011-06-09T15:26:08.526+10:00Also works very well for trips to casino.Also works very well for trips to casino.Kerri Sackvillehttp://www.lifeandothercrises.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-88586544877780291272011-06-09T14:46:48.560+10:002011-06-09T14:46:48.560+10:002 Year old tantrums in supermarket - leave the kid...2 Year old tantrums in supermarket - leave the kid in the car. Don't forget to crack the windows open a little. Maybe leave a bowl of water.Jono Rosehttp://www.facebook.com/jonorosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-17394422943124068282011-06-09T14:30:20.753+10:002011-06-09T14:30:20.753+10:00here's a question: what the heck is that photo...here's a question: what the heck is that photo? oh and here's a great title for your next book: When my kids draw on the couch … they want Smarties. it has bestseller scribbled all over it! xtTracey Baglinhttp://twitter.com/traceyb65noreply@blogger.com