About Us

The Parenting Ink site was born out of our love for our children, our need to always learn more about how to improve their lives and a recognition that as we are on a learning curve, so are many other parents, first-timers and otherwise.  One can never know "enough" about parenting or for that matter, understand our children "well enough".  We have come some ways towards understanding and caring for our own kids but we also know that we have a long way to come.  So in a way we want this site to be a journey that any parent can join in at any time, starting off at the age group of their child and progress through the others as time goes by. 

To serve you with the best advice, we are drawing not only on our own experiences, but also on the experiences and stories of our friends who are raising or have raised children.  We also continually search the web for the best that it can offer.  After all, what are we if we cannot learn from each other? 

We hope that you will find our site informative and of value, it really is a labor of love and a place where we can express our love for our children and we hope, also for you and yours.  Follow the links to our blog and participate in the forums, adding your opinions and experiences to it so that we and others may learn from you in turn.  Everyone's parenting experiences are unique and we believe that by sharing we potentially make everyone else's experiences potentially so much the richer.

 Take care and enjoy

 Jacques, Sarie, Peter-John, Jacqui, Macchaillan, Carlos Preiss and

Colin, Marionette, Marc, William and Dylan Chaney.

 PS: Sarie & Marionette are two sisters who have seven boys between them.  They come from a family of 6 children and their father is one of 16 brothers and sisters.  Their Grandmother is still alive at 96 and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren runs into the many hundreds.  Between them they have shared the joys and tribulations of tripping around the globe, living on different continents and experiencing different cultures with their children, they've been through the trauma of loosing loved-ones including a child and of course, experienced births of varying degrees of difficulty during the past 12 years.  Jacques and Colin do exactly as they are told.  A blessed family indeed!