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I think of the Grandpa of my childhood and I see a scrap of paper covered with a stick figure story and I feel the silver buttons poked down my back as he sung Miss Mary Mack. Growing up I didn’t see my Grandpa much, but my memories are fond because of these two things [...]
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Okay, so I was never the mum who would ‘hide’ or disguise fruit or vegetables in food. I really just wanted my daughter to learn to love them. To know each one by name and how they would benefit her. My sister-in-law had a friend at work who cut his children’s carrot, potato, etc into chicken [...]
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I was so delighted with my three-year-old this week as she stormed into the house after playgroup. With a furrowed little expression, she announced that she was “so angry about Jackson” that she needed to “draw somepthink!”
With that, she seized an orange texta and flew into her room, re-appearing a very short time later with [...]
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So here we are in a foreign country, toddler and me shopping in a department store.
They say timing is everything and so, after five minutes of harmonious bliss, toddler decides to test the boundaries and lets go of my hand in an effort to navigate her own way around the store. Maybe I’ve seen too [...]
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Parenting brings unique joys and challenges whatever season we’re in. Today we’re turning our focus from teenagers to toddlers as we introduce our new writer Emma Morgan. Mum of two, Emma has compiled an inspired list of 10 everyday objects which will keep your young ones entertained.
Try these simple activities for the first time or [...]
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I have always endeavoured to teach my daughter to be comfortable in her own skin. To like what she likes; to speak what’s on her mind; to value what she sees in the mirror; to be open to differing perspectives, but not to be ruled by them.
Another quote we often throw around is: “It’s not [...]
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Life in 2010 looks very different to only 30 years ago.
Fundamentally, the teenage life is the same with puberty and peer pressures leading the way, yet as listed below by our new writer Amy Sheaves, access, awareness and acceptance of issues facing our teens is entirely different.
The purpose of this report is not to act [...]
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Recently at thefamilyroom LIVE event in Sydney, Australia, we were completely blown away by the story of a beautiful woman named Frances who, through horrific adversity, realised something within her that enabled her to rise up and get through it all.
She never stopped believing that life, hope, strength, laughter and joy were waiting for her [...]
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You know your daughter is becoming a teenager when she asks if joining you on a cycle ride is going to result in her having ‘big legs’.
I chuckled to myself and explained that she would not turn into a freak of nature after a nice cruise on our mountain bikes. The idea was to join [...]
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Whilst preparing dinner tonight, my daughter Mannie and I decided to crank up the stereo.
I firmly believe that playing music while cooking is a brilliant way to create fabulous memories for your children. Once they have flown the coop and have a moment of homesickness or nostalgia, with the push of their iPod button, they [...]
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