I often think that it is really hard to be environmentally friendly when you have babies and small children. There is so much washing, so much wasted food, so much packaging and SO MANY NAPPIES.
I will admit that I like the convenience of using disposable nappies. I know many cloth nappy users don’t find it [...]
Let me preface this article by stating that I am not a gardening guru. I have a distinctively black thumb and I am constantly astonished that there are green things in my garden at all. But I love native plants and I love the Australian bush, so I like to try and recreate even the [...]
Car safety for children is an important issue for all parents. Currently 500 children under the age of ten are killed or seriously injured every year in car accidents with a further 2,300 receiving minor injuries.
Last week, Transport Ministers from around Australia announced unanimous support for new national child car restraint laws.
Babies up to six [...]
It is refreshing to see that environmental issues are getting more of the spotlight in recent times. Even more so, the changes that individuals are prepared to make in their own homes so that we have a beautiful environment for future generations to enjoy. This week I want to focus on what is going down [...]
The count down is on to back to school time. We just get over Christmas/New Year and then jump straight into the chaos and expense of preparing to get the kiddies off to school again.
We have put together some information to help make Back to School a little bit easier.
Do you have a little [...]
Guest post by Dannielle Miller, CEO of Enlighten Education.
What is really going on in the playground and behind closed bedroom doors?
Teenage girls are living in a girl poisoning culture and, whilst they may appear to be coping as they are still performing well academically, underneath that “oh so perfect” façade, many are silently imploding:
A quarter [...]
We have one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world, with two thirds of Australian families owning at least one pet. Yet, did you know that over 200 000 unwanted, healthy cats and dogs are destroyed in Australian pounds and shelters every year because there are not enough homes available? I [...]
The author of this guest post has asked to remain anonymous, we thank you for sharing your story with us.
“I have a child with special needs”.
Stating this in the waiting area of any school in Australia is bound to get you sympathy and a willing audience.
However continuing the conversation with “yes, you see my [...]
There has been disturbing number of toy recalls in the last few week due to dangerous toys in the marketplace.
Today Mattel has announced yet another recall, 18 million toys including more than 460,000 in Australia, citing injuries to at least three children who swallowed small magnets that had broken loose.
2 weeks ago Fisher-Price toys, also [...]
The first National Simultaneous Storytime was held during Library and Information Week 2001.
In 2006, approximately 40,000 children at over 620 locations took part in the simultaneous reading of Good night, me written by Andrew Daddo and illustrated by Emma Quay. We read this book last year, it was such a beautiful story.
The Australian Library [...]
Apple has announced it will be offering recycling for any brand of personal computer, printers and cartridges or computer related peripheral for free (a limit of 20 systems per car load) in an environmentally responsible manner.
The recycling will be available across 5 locations in Sydney on the 21-22 July and in 6 locations in Melb [...]
And people think cats are bad, I have perfected that..can pill a cat with my eyes closed. Kids on the other hand, that is un charted territory.
I spent 30mins this morning trying to get my 8yr old son, Hayden to take a nurofen tablet. I handed him the water and tablet, here take this. I [...]
Children see, Children do is a confronting ad campaign from NAPCAN. through Child Friendly Australia It is one of the favourites to win at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, winner are due to be announced this weekend.
We all know how impressionable our young children are, we as parents and society are their role models. The [...]
Glubble is new extension for Firefox only which allows you to control the websites your children visit. Designed predominately for children under 12, once activated, your children will only be able to access a child-friendly, safe browsing environment that you have complete control over.
We have been trying this out at our place with my [...]
An article from the Daily Mail illustrates how through 4 generations children in one family no longer have the freedom of generations before them.
I remember as a child being gone all day on my bike or horse, travelling suburbs away sometimes. Playing in the bush, often getting lost, building and digging and having a great [...]
