Category: parenting
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Parents, ask yourself…do kids really need social media?
As we approach world anti-bullying day, the focus for another year is firmly set on the landscape of cyber bullying. Suicide is one of the largest killers of our youths and is on the rise around the nation, with the incidents of cyber-related youth suicide at an all time high. And while many of us…
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Hey Valentine’s Day…I owe you and apology!
Ah Valentine’s Day…you’re here again! I can’t quite explain why but somewhere along the line I managed to build some sort of grudge against Val day! Perhaps it stems back to that fateful year 5 class when I got a seemingly underwhelming number of class valentine letters or perhaps it’s the fact the it lies…
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Camping – the good, the average and the different!
Ok so here’s the thing, I am a non-camper! Now before you jump down my throat with the “princess and diva” comments, which I happily embrace, my dislike of camping stems back many many decades, back to the good old days of school camps. You see school camps and I didn’t ever see eye to…
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Hey Australia…if it’s ok with you, please call me Mum and a Woman.
Hey Australia….we need to talk! I’ve got to say this time I think we have gone too far! Now I am totally aware of the fact that political correctness seems to be the it thing at the moment but there comes a time when everything goes a step too far, and I think when it…
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Are you a victim of secrecising?!
I have been cheated on! I’ve suspected now, for a few weeks, that something was going on with my partner. I should have seen the signs earlier, they were all there. The emotional ones. Suddenly my partner has an increased confidence, a new glow, a different spring in his step and he is looking…well fitter.…
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2016 – What You Taught Me.
Well, 2016 you are almost over ! And as I sit out here in my backyard surrounded by an overwhelming amount of crap with my boys sleeping soundly in their pram, it’s a perfect time to reflect back on the year that was. To say 2016 has been a challenging year is an understatement. It’s…
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A tough Mum decision – why returning to work is a challenge
As a new mother, you face endless challenges you didn’t see coming. In todays society there are a lot of pressures on young mothers. From post-partum appearance to the scrutiny of life style choices and rearing decisions, but none more so than the woman’s decision on return to work. I’m amazed that in 2016 my…
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