Review – The Good Book Corner
Now that I’ve finally learned how to add stuff to my website, here is the first review I ever received. Thank you so much Artika Bakshi for your support. Here it is: (link)
Entries by Shankari Chandran
Review – Goodreads
I was really excited to receive my first Goodreads Review. Hopefully in time there will be so many, I’ll manage to be casual about them. I suspect I’ll never be casual about reviews. I’m really grateful to this reader for taking the time to read and support Song of the Sun God. Here it is: […]
Shaizer
Interesting parenting moment this morning. I reversed out of a friend’s driveway and a car tore around the corner, at far more than the 40km/hr speed limit. I braked hard and said: Sh*t a f*cking brick. Then I parked and looked at the ambivalent faces of my 5 and 7 year old sons. They were horrified, […]
Mamamia – when my 6-year-old used the C-word
Here is my latest one for MM: http://www.mamamia.com.au/lifestyle/how-to-stop-your-kids-from-swearing/ ARTICLE Yesterday as I was parking the car, my 6-year-old (Tercero) happily informed me that he had learnt a new word. Now Tercero loves new words. At family gatherings his party trick is that he spells words such as unhygienic and unrealistic for adoring elderly relatives. I […]
7 ways being a teenager has changed in the last 20 years
This post is an old (sponsored) one I did for Mamamia.com.au but at the time, I forgot to put it onto my blog (I was in the throes of re-writing my novel – the throes are over but the waiting continues – endlessly, relentlessly, anxiously…) http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/things-that-have-changed-in-the-last-20-years/ ARTICLE: 25 years ago (or so) I was a […]
Kindergarten Conundrums (Mamamia!)
Hi guys, Here is my latest for Mamamia. Today was a big day – my third one’s first day at school. And now I’m back to writing as school holidays are officially over. You know where to find me. http://www.mamamia.com.au/parenting/is-your-child-ready-for-school/ My three-year-old knows how to find Youtube clips of Lightning McQueen in German – […]
Me Time
Hi guys, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Here is one I wrote recently for Mamamia about Me Time: http://www.mamamia.com.au/health-wellbeing/moccona-what-to-do-for-me-time/ My sister-in-law recently invited me to a girl’s weekend in Melbourne. “Come on,” she said, “When was the last time you had some ‘Me Time?’” I haven’t peed alone since 2003 so it was […]
In vaccination veritas
Hiya, This was my first sponsored blog post for Mamamia – it is about vaccinations and the things we do to get through them: http://www.mamamia.com.au/parenting/in-vaccination-veritas/ xx and best wishes for the season, Shanks
Physical activity in the age of the ipad
Hi guys, I wrote this for Mamamia as a sponsored blog post for Springfree Trampolines. I hope you like it (and have a great day tomorrow). x: http://www.mamamia.com.au/parenting/fun-ways-keep-kids-outdoors-springfree/ Fun ways to keep your kids fit (and outdoors) without them even knowing One day soon, the iPad and other screen-based devices may replace all forms of […]
Dear Kate (Middleton),
This one was about the Royal post-baby bump: http://www.mamamia.com.au/celebrities/kate-middleton/baby-bump-thank-you/ Dear Kate Middleton, Thank you for being a friend. I’ve had four children in seven years, and an untold number of family size Kit Kat packs. The Kit Kats were for medicinal reasons, prescribed by… myself. My youngest child, now aged three, frequently pulls up […]