Tag: parenting
Why kids should get the flu shot
Updated 13 July 2018
By Melissa Grant
There are renewed pleas for parents to vaccinate their kids against the flu, with NSW confirming one child has...
Mindful of the Mission
THERE is no way to be a perfect mother but a million ways to be a good one.
But with a click of the button,...
Trolley Trouble
Over 100 children a year have suffered injuries involving a shopping trolley, sparking warnings to parents.
Over the past five years, 800 Victorian's visited a...
An Unusual Lesson from the Easter Bunny
Easter has passed, but a few chocolates he brought, and a lifelong lesson remain.
I remember when I was a child and got so excited...
On trend from top to toe
Dressing little kids can be hard work! They squirm, they prefer to be nude, they insist on wearing their princess or superheros outfits and...
Shaping habits of a lifetime
‘Mum, whatcha doin?’ ‘Mum, whatcha doin?’ ‘Mum, whatcha doin?’
If you have children, look after children, or have ever been around a child, then you...
Don’t be brow-beaten
FROM practical jokes to name-calling, classroom secrets to online taunts. When does seemingly harmless teasing cross the line to become bullying?
It’s a problem plaguing...
Family focus in new clinic
A NEW holistic approach to women and children’s health has opened its doors in Berwick in February and it is already proving to be...
Family makes miracle happen
FIVE years ago, 23-year-old Jessica Truong was 27-weeks pregnant when she suffered a traumatic loss that ultimately changed the rest of her life. But...
Love, laughs and triple the joy
THEY say three’s a crowd, but for Rebecca Leeuw and her husband Jarrod three’s the perfect company.
When the couple was told four years ago...
Nurturing as nature intended
BREASTFEEDING isn’t something that comes naturally to all women.
Pakenham mum and maternal child health nurse Candice Purvis would know, after struggling for weeks to...
Kids held mum power over tragedy
Amanda McLeod says her four young children give her reason to get up every day and put a smile on her face. It could...
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Chickaboo flies the coop to Paris
A Berwick grandmother’s literary gift to her grandkids is on the shelf of a Parisian library.
Jennifer Tanti couldn’t speak English until age 5 and...
