We survived! Yes, 48 hours without technology. All switched off and disconnected in order to reconnect. In actual fact I didn’t find it too hard
This Mothers Day I will be thinking of my beautiful daughter who I only got to hold for 4 and a half months I
I do love technology and the changes it has made to my life. I can do lots of work from home and still be around
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
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
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
Can I be a better parent? Every now and then I have a search through my blog stats to see where people are coming from
Sitting on a beach is a great place to observe people. It is a fabulous canvas of human interaction and behaviour. Sunglasses on and magazine
As the new year gets into full swing, the holidays come to an end, little ones start out at playgroups, kindergarten, schools or high school
Do you think you have a pretty good idea of how your kids would react to certain situations? Do you always know how they respond
I have often written and spoken about the need to form strong connections with your kids based on open, honest and available communication. We know
There is no doubt that changes to our world have led to changes in the way our children spend their time. Some of these changes
The other day I was researching searching being distracted by the internet when I came across a gorgeous quote from the ever so wise Anne of Green
As parents it is our role to give advice, to solve problems to answer questions and to be a guiding light. But sometimes our kids
So this week we endured, embraced, rallied and relished 48 hours of life that was technology free. Yes we had no television no internet, no
Last week I week I got an email asking me to be an ambassador for the disCONNECT challenge. In light of my previous post on
After a busy week unpacking a house, preparing for a 10th birthday and recovering from my husbands 40th, it is now time to get back to
What is your favourite stage of a child’s development? Recently I have found myself saying to a lot of parents of babies and children of
It takes a village to raise a child? Or so the African proverb tells us. Whilst this may still be the case in many parts
Remember when you were little and time seemed to take forever? When Christmas Day was over I remember bemoaning the fact that it would be
As I bask in the glory of post Grand Final elation, I begin to wonder why football means so much to me and my family. (some
Last week we looked at ways to improve the communication between ourselves and our kids. We looked at some different strategies to hopefully avoid the one
How do you get more than one word answers from your kids? How do you get them to engage in a conversation rather than respond
This weeks link up with Seven Cherubs ‘Cherish the Cherubs task is to be based around the Interview. Interviewing family and friends is a great way to
Rituals ,holidays and family traditions are what help make our families unique. These are the events that happen pretty much no matter what. They are
Why do we need so much advice on how to parent our children? Why does the modern world insist on inundating us with information for
As we parent each new child we gain more knowledge, we learn more strategies, we make more mistakes and we continue to come to the
Building up resilience in ourselves and our family is certainly something that relies on many different contributing factors. Whilst there are things we have little or no
