Mother's column – beating my smartphone addiction with a dumbphone

"Hey, are you not that mother who writes columns?" The blonde woman behind the stand is not the first tonight to recognise me.

When people visit my grandmother, they usually go home with a lot more stuff than they came with. This evening is no exception. We just had dinner at grandma's, and in preparation to our departure, I am on my way putting bag full of books in the car. I take Sifra with me, because she is always after grandma's knickknacks. I let her clamber over the car seats while I go inside to get the rest of the stuff and the other children.

How much energy toddler puberty takes from mothers! During the most ordinary daily activities (like eating, dressing up or going to the toilet), you may suddenly bump into a wall of resistance.