We are all new to this parenting gig by NIKKI SMITH Our babies were not born with a manual explaining everything that we needed to know for them to thrive, nor…
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by Catherine Schasser According to vocabulary.com “Happiness is that feeling that comes over you when you know life is good and you can’t help but smile.” Similarly, Sonja Lyubomirsky, a…
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By ADRIENNE GARSIDE Some years ago, a friend’s young son received a merit award at his school’s weekly assembly. He was recognised not because he topped the class in a…
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“Knowing that our daughter is not only being cared, for but engaged with, brings us such peace of mind. We didn’t just want someone to come and look after our…
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Dr Alison MooneyMBBS FRACGP DCH Clin Dip Pall Med They say that when a child is born so too is a mother. The path to motherhood was termed ‘matrescence’ by…
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The Beach Early Learning Centres promote the value of childhood at a time when children are curious, capable learners and co-constructors in their life journey. Curiosity in young children is…
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by Leanna McNeil When I decided to start a family, I had no idea that my child’s arrival would leave me feeling traumatized, and experiencing grief and loss. I had a…
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By Alita Blanchard Almost every mother feels it. Almost every mother acts on it in challenging moments. Many mothers experience it deeply as yelling, screaming, adult tantrums and perhaps physical…
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by Maryanne Sayers One of the things I hear all the time when first working with a family having problems with their baby’s sleeping is “We were just waiting for…