April 2013 - The Modern Parent

Hearing the words whine “I’m bored…there’s nothing to do” is not really a new phenomena for kids either from my day or with todays ‘fix

April 29, 2013 14 Comments

Easter this year saw us revisit our camping ground at Halls Gap for another fabulous long weekend of family, friends, fun, chocolate, wine, food and

April 23, 2013 15 Comments

I remember spending my first Mothers Day in the Royal Childrens Hospital with my new baby and I was given a little card with his

April 19, 2013 13 Comments

When it comes to the common behaviours, beliefs and values of today’s kids, we are often hearing sweeping statements such as “kids of today…”, “”we

April 15, 2013 14 Comments

Parenting

Do we need to keep labelling our kids? Must we prod and probe every behaviour, mood, emotion, flip out, tantrum and bad day until we

April 8, 2013 39 Comments

There was a documentary we sat down to watch with the 10 and 12 year old last week about a football team from America in

April 2, 2013 15 Comments