Daring Daughterhood

I feel like social media has completely warped people’s expectations of what a “normal” family home looks like. Everywhere you look online there are spotless kitchens, colour-coordinated toy storage systems, perfectly folded blankets, neutral sofas without a single suspicious stain, and people casually deep cleaning their skirting boards for fun. Meanwhile, I’m over here finding spoons in the sofa and wondering why there’s a single sock on the stairs that nobody seems willing to claim. I have four children. And seven indoor cats. At this point, maintaining a perfectly tidy house feels less like a realistic goal and more like an extreme sport. The thing nobody tells you about family life is that mess regenerates almost instantly. You can spend two hours cleaning the kitchen only for someone to immediately make toast, leave crumbs everywhere, abandon a cup on the side, and somehow use every spoon in the house within six minutes. And cats? Cats add an entirely separate layer of chaos. The...