Kate King waxes lyrical about bygone times, before realising she is a different person now she is a mother. One night recently our children gave my husband and me a rare and unexpected treat: they were asleep by 7 pm. As we gently pulled their bedroom...
Here’s a great vegetable main meal or side dish from Sally Wise. For a vegetarian option substitute sliced tomatoes, sprinkled with a little salt, pepper and sugar on top instead of the bacon and you have a tasty dish vegetarians will love. Kale and Semi-dried Tomato Rice...
Laughter is a powerful tool to accentuate positivity, create happiness and infuse optimism to bring about hope and propensity for life and living. ...
With both her kids now at school, Jean Flynn contemplates a ‘career change’. I’m looking for a job. I already have one, but I’m interested in doing something a bit different – branching out. I’ve been in my current position for nearly eight years. It’s full-time...
Bron Bates considers the dos and don'ts of dinner time with kids. When I was growing up, there was an unspoken rule in our house that every meal must include something green. Thus, spaghetti with a side of peas. Now that I'm the parent, I think I'm pretty...
Sheree Gleeson reflects on her desire for her children to have the idle hours that are so often at the heart of our most meaningful moments The nature of screens screen them Are my children making memories that count? That’s something I agonise over as I watch...
When someone your child loves has died or is dying, Di McKissock O.A.M from A Friend’s Place, provides this advice. 1) Make sure your child has access to truthful information in age-appropriate language. 2) Assure your child that no questions are taboo, and that you will find...
In this article, Anju Regis + Shivonne Cammell share their thoughts on what parents can do to help their child move through this traumatic time in their young lives. “I know Mummy and Daddy are fighting, even when they think I don’t, and it makes me feel...
Many games begin when I am busy on the computer, on the phone or having a sleep-in. And once they get going it seems very party-pooperish to put a stop to it. ‘Shops’ is one of my pet peeves. This is where the girls gather...
Dyslexia is a complex and much misunderstood condition, writes Karen Thomson. A number of experts refer to dyslexia not as a disability but rather an alternative way of thinking, or a ‘learning preference’. However, as reading and writing underpins most subjects taught in school, dyslexic children...
