Sarah Cummings finds that her explanation to her son of her friend’s death prompts a serious bout of separation anxiety. Late last year, my best friend Katie died of breast cancer. She left behind a one-year-old son and a loving husband. Obviously, I knew that her...
The kitchen is the most dangerous room in the house with half of all child burn injuries occurring here. The call comes as June is National Burns Awareness Month – an Australia wide campaign launched by Kidsafe Australia – which focuses on raising awareness of...
The birth of a child changes little for Australian fathers’ working lives, according to an analysis of employment trends in the past few decades by Emma Walsh, CEO Australian Institute of Family Studies. Institute Director Anne Hollonds said that while mothers’ employment alters dramatically after having...
Evelyn Santoro, My Forever Family NSW spokesperson, says they hope to inspire more people to consider becoming a foster carer and to understand there are a variety of ways they can do so. There are currently over 17,000 children living in out of home care in...
Deanne O’Keefe was given full-time care of her grandson nine days after his birth. His mother, Deanne’s second-eldest daughter, was schizophrenic, an alcoholic and addicted to heroin. Deanne had little contact with her daughter in the years that followed, but she did find out that a...
This veggie frittata is simple to make and great for a winter dinner for the whole family. Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 leek, white part only, thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 8 eggs 1 cup (250ml) single cream sea salt and...
Photographer Rebecca Welsch explores the importance of keeping our photo memories in a family album and not leave them behind on our smartphone. Let’s just cut straight to the chase - has the family album seen the last of its days? We are taking more and more...
Kate Gorringe-Smith decides that it is best to guide children through tough times rather than trying to shield them from them. I knew things were bad, but I still didn’t expect to find my daughter sitting alone at lunchtime, crying. We’d been back in Australia less than...
These mini meatball subs from Donna Hay make a great change if you are looking for something simple and different for the kids for dinner. Better still you can freeze them for later. Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 brown onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed ...
“No Daddy, you don’t understand. If I have a two dollar and a one dollar they’ll let me have anything. Not just what Mummy says I can have...
