Needs Adult Supervision

Done any parenting? Ever been online? Are you a human, and would like a moment in someone else's ordinary, extraordinary head space? Then this is the book for you. ...I recommend this book to anyone who would like to have it confirmed that life is messy, that joy can be found in the weirdest of places, and that it takes a village to raise a human and that, most importantly, you don't have to do any of it alone. Thank you, Emily.

Louise Ward, Wardini Books, Hawkes Bay Today

Emily Writes can make you laugh and cry about the challenges of everyday life with a young family. More importantly, perhaps, her writing can nudge you to a fresh perspective on how messy, difficult, but hopefully ultimately rewarding, parenting is. In this book, we see Writes coming to terms with growing up as she navigates her way through parenting her sons, one of whom has type 1 diabetes and one who is neuro-diverse. Still short on sleep, that she has the energy to write at all amazes me. In this book she offers more than 90 pieces on topics as diverse as pets, toilet training, the lies one son has told his teachers on Zoom, parents bragging online, her frustration with her children's obsession with the game Minecraft, and a warning to all the Steves (they may be the male equivalent of the much-maligned Karens). There is also a series of fantasy meditations. The pieces stand alone, so they are perfect for time-poor parents to dip in and out of.

Elspeth McLean, Otago Daily Times