It is a generalisation, but it can be very hard to get a man to address any health concerns early on. The attitude of…

In September our family is taking the trip of a lifetime or at least I am hoping it will be. When we talked about…

By now our children are well entrenched into their new school year. Having coped with the anxiety of the first few days, the tiredness…

Barbara Coloroso in her delightful and insightful book, “Kids are Worth It” talks about three styles of parenting: Jellyfish parenting, Brick-wall parenting and Backbone…

I sit here writing to you on a grey, chilly wintery afternoon feeling a bit sorry for myself. I’m full of the snuffles, having…

Isn’t it fantastic the way schools these days are placing so much emphasis on Anzac Day and New Zealand’s involvement in the World Wars.…

We all know that teenagers can be difficult to feed – one day they’re starving and nearly eat you out of house and home,…

Often I wonder if I’m a good Mum? Perhaps the only real measure is reflected in what sort of young men and women our…

When I had my first baby, thirty-five years ago, there were two questions that about-to-be mothers were asking themselves and each other. (Yes. I…

Have you noticed that boys and girls are different? (and no, I don’t mean the obvious anatomical differences!). For those of us parenting both…