Tiggy Johnson finds that selling your house can be hard when your kids live in it I don’t recommend that you sell a house that small children live in. This is the kind of advice that I wish I’d been given before I had small children....
Enzo Palombo and Rosalie Hocking look at what can be done to fix the problem Most people would expect a freezer can keep perishable food fresh and safe from spoilage for many months. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Have you ever noticed a funky smell...
Clare Wishart is keen for a community comeback. There is something going on at our local park. At the base of the tree in the farthest corner, broken bricks form lines like Hadrian’s Wall. Sticks appear and disappear. Sometimes a red bowl filled with dirt sits...
In Australia, the corporal punishment of children is legal, writes Sophie Havighurst. Parents can still wash their child's mouth out with soap. In all states and territories, parents or carers are permitted to punish children using physical force with the intent to cause some degree of...
The FIFA World Cup women's football in Australia & New Zealand presents a great opportunity to encourage girls' participation in sports. Research by Year13 and Visa reveals that girls tend to drop out of sports around the age of 15 due to various factors, including...
But what do families want from apartments? ask Nicole Cook, Shanaka Herath and Sophie-May Kerr The family-friendly apartment is an idea whose time has come. In the Liverpool CBD in Sydney, for example, half the apartments are occupied by families with children, our newly published study...
Kerry Littrich has finally found the right answer to the dreaded question. It’s the question every stay-at-home parent dreads: “So, what do you do?” Pause. Slow intake of breath. I cook and clean and shop. I buy gifts and organise parties. I sing nursery rhymes and dance...
Brendan Gleeson believes it’s time for families to break out of the confines of our current culture. We are seeing the progressive closure of the human imagination. Sociologist Michael Pusey spoke about the withering of the Australian political imagination since the rise of economic rationalism, while...
Is acting on climate change as important as love and bedtime stories? by Craig Stanbury, Monash University Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher’s Guide to Doing Right by Your Kid—and Everyone Else by Elizabeth Cripps, pub The MIT Press. h/b RRP$27.95. What makes a good parent? Most would say a good...
Some good and bad news + 4 tips for about eating chocolate from Saman Khalesi Australians were predicted to spend around A$1.7 billion on chocolates, hot cross buns and other special foods over an average Easter season. Chocolate has a long history of production and consumption....
