Would you like to know your neighbours better? When I was a little girl, our elderly neighbours had spare keys to our house. We fed…

Let’s get S.M.A.R.T with goal setting this year. A reliable way to help you achieve your fitness goals is by using the S.M.A.R.T model. 

This year our family vacation was spent camping at the Ruakaka Beach Holiday Park.  What a beautiful spot, with the Waipu Caves to explore,…

Sustainable family living means different things to different families. What I’ve discovered is that our family lives fairly sustainably, but it’s certainly not be…

Resilience is about our ability to cope with the ups and downs of life. Children need to learn to bounce back from disappointment. As…

One definition of sustainability is when all parts of a system are in a balanced state, allowing natural development. In a family system, this means…

Our first Au Pair joined us from Germany when Tom was 6 months.  As the founders of Au Pair Link, we’d given some thought…

According to the Oxford dictionary the first definition of diet is: “The kinds of food that a person, animal or community habitually eats.” The…

The word ‘sustainable’ comes with a lot of fish hooks attached. It seems simple enough – the dictionary definition is “able to be continued.”…

With the school holiday already becoming a distant memory, and the school term getting into full swing, it’s an ideal time to establish some…