Can Your Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Diet Affect Your Child’s Food Allergies?

Researchers Jennifer Koplin, Debbie Palmer and Desalegn Markos Shifti look at the current advice for mothers. Many questions pop up when you’re growing or raising a new baby. Among them, women often wonder if what they eat during pregnancy or breastfeeding will affect whether or not their child will have a food allergy. Researchers have also been trying...

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Teens: Too Much Fast Food, Not Enough Greens
New research shows most teenagers are stuck in a cycle of poor diet, low activity, and too much screen time – but parents can help turn things around. Too Much Fast Food, Not Enough Greens When a cheeseburger costs less than a punnet of strawberries,...
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20 November, 2025
Friendship Audit: Who Lifts You Up, and Who Takes Too Much?
As the year ends, it’s the perfect time to reassess friendships. Mental-health author Elizabeth Jane says one-sided relationships can quietly drain energy and confidence. Recognising the signs and setting boundaries can protect wellbeing and create space for healthier, reciprocal connections. As the year winds down,...
Editor
13 November, 2025
Why We Parent Like Our Parents (Even When We Swore We Wouldn’t)
Even the most mindful parents slip into old habits, explains Dr Amanda Mullin, When Old Voices Sneak In We all start out with the best intentions. I’ll be more patient, we promise. More understanding. More aware. And then one day—somewhere between the school run and...
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13 November, 2025
All Mothers Work: Why It’s Time to Redefine What ‘Work’ Really Means
Author and journalist Virginia Tapscott, in her new book All Mothers Work, argues that to value care properly, we must start by changing the words we use. We often talk about mothers “returning to work” as if the countless hours spent feeding, cleaning, teaching, and comforting their...
Editor
06 November, 2025
Thousands of babies exposed to health risks because parents can’t afford new nappies
Can you imagine spring cleaning for a good cause? Besides the fact that culling is good for the soul, we’ve found another happy reason to pump your cleaning tunes and get to work. Babies are getting infections because their parents cannot afford clean nappies. It is a shocking...
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30 October, 2025
Why Some Kids Say “I Can’t Go to School” — And What Parents Can Do
Many children who resist school aren’t being defiant — they’re overwhelmed. Learn how to spot the signs of school refusal and support your child with empathy and early help. When school mornings turn into battles As Term 4 begins, many parents are bracing for the...
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30 October, 2025

Celebrating Mothers

Why a baby’s cry is a simple, powerful alarm for parents
Professeur Nicolas Mathevon reports on why a baby’s cry is a simple, powerful alarm and why maternal instinct is a myth. The sound slices through the quiet of the night: a muffled sob, then a hiccup, quickly escalating into a high-pitched, frantic wail. For any...
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19 November, 2025
Can Your Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Diet Affect Your Child’s Food Allergies?
Researchers Jennifer Koplin, Debbie Palmer and Desalegn Markos Shifti look at the current advice for mothers. Many questions pop up when you’re growing or raising a new baby. Among them, women often wonder if what they eat during pregnancy or breastfeeding will affect whether or...
Editor
19 November, 2025
Why We Parent Like Our Parents (Even When We Swore We Wouldn’t)
Even the most mindful parents slip into old habits, explains Dr Amanda Mullin, When Old Voices Sneak In We all start out with the best intentions. I’ll be more patient, we promise. More understanding. More aware. And then one day—somewhere between the school run and...
Editor
13 November, 2025
Thousands of babies exposed to health risks because parents can’t afford new nappies
Can you imagine spring cleaning for a good cause? Besides the fact that culling is good for the soul, we’ve found another happy reason to pump your cleaning tunes and get to work. Babies are getting infections because their parents cannot afford clean nappies. It is a shocking...
admin
30 October, 2025