We are definitely in love with the latest addition to our family. J5 is seven weeks today and I can’t imagine life without him. All stages of a child’s life have their …
The Importance Of Play
I am a strong advocate of the importance of play in a child’s life. I think it is very easy to become serious about life and have high expectations of children. Childhood …
10 Reading Comprehension Questions For Junior Primary
A couple of weeks in to the new school year and we are starting to get back into the swing of after school reading routines. At our school preps don’t receive a …
Help your children make sense of natural disasters – By Micahel Grose
I subscribe to an excellent parent newsletter called Happy Kids. It is written by Michael Grose. Grose is is a leading parent educator, parent coach, writer and speaker on parenting and family …
Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior
Image source: Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender Our youngest is two and a half and this is a time of a child’s life when they can become a LITTLE difficult! A fantastic …
First Day Of School – Getting Ready
Our daughter is starting school this year. In Victoria (Australia) their first year of school is referred to as their preparatory year or prep for short. We have taken care of all …
Stopping The Thumbsucking
Image by Byron and Tamara Next Wednesday our beautiful Possum turns five. This year her birthday means something other than just a celebration – it is also the day that she needs …
Children Walking To School
[flickr id=”152108283″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by Gaetan Lee Back in February in “Planning To Let Go, One Step At A Time” I wrote about how I was preparing myself and my eldest …
Appreciating Children’s Art
[flickr id=”545482100″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by Hipnos Possum attends the local kindergarten, which luckily for me is just at the end of our street. The 4 year old program consists of two …
Do You Bail Out Your Children?
[flickr id=”106440594″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by maessive I subscribe to a number of parent newsletters and one which I always find thought provoking is Response-Able Parent. It is put together by Chick …
10 Tips For An Easier Toddler Bedtime
Although the title states that the tips are for toddlers, they can really be applied to children of all ages. All families are different and I think the most important thing you …
Bullying – Who Is Likely To Be A Victim?
Time Magazine recently published Schoolyard Bullying: Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable? You often read about children who suffer more than one episode of bullying and I have wondered if there is any …
The Financial Crisis And The Impact On Children
There has been so much coverage on the current state of the global economy and it shows no signs of going away quickly. Without wanting to add too much more to this …
10 Homework Tips For Parents
I would firstly like to state that I am not an advocate of homework in primary school. I will avoid jumping up on to my soap box here, but will say that …
Paid Maternity Leave In Australia
Image by hugrakka Australia is one of only two developed countries without paid maternity leave. The Rudd Government says that they will change this status and will legislate some form of compulsory …
Junk Food Ads During Children’s Television Shows
As mentioned before, the amount of time my children watch television is limited. When they do watch it, it tends to be mainly on non commercial channels or DVDs. So I was …
Family Meetings
A lovely reader included this in an email to me recently: I really liked the idea of your weekly family meeting I was wonder though what sort of topics are brought …
Toilet Training Boys
My toddler (Babaganouski) is now showing all the signs of being ready for toilet training. The signs that I have picked up are: Comes and asks me to change me his nappy …