Getting stuff done: The confessions of a dad with 5 crazy kids!

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EVERYONE knows that a good dad:

• Is out of bed by 6:00 am, for 30 minutes of yoga.
• By 6:40 am, he’s showered, shaved and is skipping into the garden to collect fresh honey from the beehive.
• At 6:50 am, he stirs his tribe with encouraging words to seize the day.
• By 7:00 am, the family is eating breakfast together: the children are respectful, they’re without their phones and father’s jokes create joyful merriment.
• By 7:15 am, the tribe is ready for action. Happy children get themselves ready for school: teeth (check) beds made (check) P.E. kit (check) and off they go: it’s a seamless operation.

Peace, harmony, joy: every morning you run a happy camp, from Monday to Friday … right?

Wrong!!!

Like the Pinterest images of euphoric families running along deserted, white sanded beaches, hand-in- hand, wearing bleached white cotton outfits … this is not real life!

Family life = chaos, ups & downs and a never-ending list of jobs to be done.

• Lego left on the floor for you to tread on when you least expect it.
• Battles with kids attached to…