Lisa Lintern’s feels buoyant as she watches her son overcome his fears at the pool. Let’s be honest; we all secretly want our children to be ‘best’ at something. It’s a natural urge even the most level headed of us fights to suppress. Why else did I...
Sarah Cameron finds a little bit of magic goes a long way. I always envisaged a magical childhood for my kids, a time filled with the types of secrets and mysteries that punctuated my own youth. Fairies and sprites hidden in tree trunks and under toadstools;...
After a dramatic year in which Elizabeth Reed introduced her son to all manner of sporting pursuits, he made it quite clear he wanted to write his own script. Ten years ago we had our first child, a son. Obviously he would enjoy sport; all boys...
Annie's ice cream pudding Prep time: 15 minutes plus four hours freezing Cook time: nil Serves: 6-8 Ingredients 4 cups (1 litre] good quality vanilla ice cream 1 cup (125g) frozen raspberries 1 Cup (140g) Vienna (toffee) almonds roughly chopped 1 cup (80g) roughly chopped chocolate coated honeycomb Mixed berries and apricot coulis to...
Fiona Adams bids Father Christmas a fond farewell. “Mum, please tell me Santa is real,” begged my 10 year old. Lana had just found out at school that “The Tooth Fairy is really your mum and dad”. She was devastated, and I silently cursed the child...
– and a place for kids to escape their mollycoddling parents, writes Sanné Mestrom Imagine this: a heap of colourful plastic buckets stacked on top of each other to form a climbable bridge, monolithic bluestone boulders holding up a contorted slide, a pile of concrete demolition...
The Claus come out as Morgan and Sheree Gleeson set aside peace and goodwill to debate their divided Christmas convictions… SHE SAYS… The magical dust of Christmas glitters on the cheeks of childhood so briefly… (Max Lucado) When I was little, the night sky was deeply mysterious. I...
These books are for Christmas and as picture books they are destined to get the littlies really interested in reading and books! A Very Playschool Christmas by Jan Stradling, illus. by Jedda Robaard, pub. ABC Books H/b RRP$19.99 ages 3+ Christmas for the Play School toys is at...
While her daughter’s trip to Peru did not faze Michelle Lawford, the prospect of having no contact with her well and truly did. At six o’clock in the morning we drove our 14-year-old daughter to the airport, where she would fly off for the adventure of...
Dreading The Dilemma Of Telling Your Child Santa Isn’t Real? This Book Can Help You Navigate This Important Conversation Your Santa Agent Invitation is a parent’s guide to explain Santa to children and let them know they have a special role in continuing the Christmas tradition...
