"When you aren't artificially and externally stimulated you are forced to draw on your internal resou..." — Ulrika Jonsson

I wonder how many people reflect on how their own and society's perception of perfection induces feelings of deficiency in those who don't fit the template of expectation. That life is trickier for those who don't fit the mould.

The behaviour of the child more often than not comes down to the parenting. And before you ask, no, I didn't get it all right. One thing I did get right, I believe, is to make my children understand that the world did not revolve around them at all times.

Parenting is a rollercoaster of baloney with no instruction manual. We just have to do our best.

We all like a good filter on Instagram, me included. I use basic ones from time to time but am quite willing for people to see me first thing in the morning, stripped of make-up and without the aid of a filter. I believe in balance.