No, pregnant women aren't primed to 'nest'. It's a myth that sets women up for a lifetime of housework reports Leah Ruppanner, The idea of women late in pregnancy “nesting”, preparing the home for the arrival of their newborn, is ingrained in popular culture and reinforced...
Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. Emily Brayshaw In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. First, a warning: knitting can be highly addictive. The enduring popularity of...
Natasha Lunn, an Australian International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Medela support partner – shares her personal breastfeeding challenge to help appease other mothers and encourage them to stay healthy and calm during the Coronavirus pandemic As if the stress of having a new baby isn’t...
Over the past few weeks, there has been increasing awareness of the heightened risk of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, report Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Jessica Burley, and Silke Meyer However, there has been a silence around perpetrators – in terms of the justice system’s ability to...
Childmags recently looked at the problems that some were having 'locked down' with drinking our worries away but for many amongst us it's probably the little bit of weight we have gained over the past months of the lockdown we are more concerned with! Also...
Type 1 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in childhood, and while not preventable, it can be treated and managed, writes Dr Sam Tormey. As I watched the small digital display of the portable blood-glucose machine in my hand, it struck me that there...
Congregations are discovering new ways to meet virtually on plenty of online video platforms reports Anna Halafoff, Enqi Weng, Gary D Bouma and Greg Barton. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced religious congregations to stay at home after the doors have been closed to their churches, synagogues,...
Is Harry Potter, the highly successful book and movie franchise, and all its various spin-offs, finally losing momentum? Louise Grimmer, Gary Mortimer and Martin Grimmer, investigate. By the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in 2017, over 400 million Harry Potter books had been sold worldwide and...
Stephanie Brown reflects on whether raising her daughter to be obedient might be limiting her life. One main reason society functions is because most of us choose to follow rules, although of course the inclination to obey them varies. When my daughter started school, a gorgeous girl...
Coronavirus and Kawasaki disease in children: it's an intriguing but unproven link report David Burgner, Davinder Singh-Grewal, Linny Kimly Phuong, and Ryan Lucas Doctors in the United Kingdom and other European countries have recently reported small but increasing numbers of critically ill children with features of...
