10 tips for plane trips with kids
As a mum of three kids I have done my fair share of plane travel with kids. There would be some of you that have done more, some less. But now that my eldest is 11 I have a bit more experience under my...
View ArticleTop tips for keeping kids safe online
A generation of Australian kids is accessing adult content from as young as seven. This is due to a lack of parental controls and unrestricted access to the Internet, according to latest research from...
View ArticleRaising money smart children
My daughter has developed a new, strong and meaningful relationship over the last year. It is a relationship that I love as an important milestone but also loath because another childhood milestone has...
View ArticleFamily – Does Blood Really Break All Barriers?
What do you think of when I say the word ‘Grief’? Perhaps a death, a terminal illness diagnosis or maybe the end of a marriage? What if I told you that we grieve anytime life doesn’t meet our...
View ArticleLet’s Get Dirty
When your child asks “Why is this mud brown, Mum?” or “Where do the ants take my crumbs, Dad?”, it’s a great chance to stop and think about soil with your kids. What is soil? What grows in it? How...
View ArticleAustralian First Technology For Parents and Caregivers Launches
New Australian-first technology has launched this month providing real-time guidance to parents and care-givers. Principally a ‘mid-wife in your pocket’, WOTBaby is a personalised app that supports...
View ArticleShould you let your children take selfies?
There’s been a bit of a tinkering in the media this week as to whether or not the iPhone generation should take selfies. Mia Freedman came out this week encouraging the avoidance of all nude selfies. I...
View ArticleThe irony of life, ‘I’ve got breast cancer, again.’
Slap! Well, yes, I have had another wake up call this week! The dreaded five letter ‘C’ word has shown up on my doorstep again…CANCER! Who’d of thought? Nearly 15 years in remission and living more or...
View ArticleA healthy fundraiser for schools
o as a parent you would be quite aware that when schools, sports and community groups need to raise money for important projects, they usually use sugary treats. It’s a bombardment of sugar and other...
View ArticleSchool holiday fun for little kids
Soil—it’s everywhere around us. But when was the last time you thought about how much fun you could have with soil? If you’ve given soil more than a passing thought recently, it was probably about...
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