Spoiling kids does just that. It spoils them. It makes them foul and their behavior stinky and just plain disgusting. I certainly don’t want to spoil the goodness in my kids. Unfortunately, our recent Easter weekend has highlighted to me just how much ‘spoiling’ has…
I’ve been reading “Toxic childhood- how the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it”. It’s not as dreary as it sounds. It is insightful and informative and yes, a little confronting but very well written and researched. In this book, …
Last week I watched a story on ‘the smack’. 60 minutes placed cameras into the home of a single mother with 3 children and filmed her smacking her children. She was a loving, functional parent with happy kids. She was using the smack as part of her…
Picture yourself walking through your local shopping mall. You are surrounded by billboards, signs, shop fronts, people trying to smother you in hand lotion or convince you to stop and ‘try’ something. It’s bright, loud and busy. You decide to pop into Roger David to…
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how we parent despite and because of challenges thrown our way. Please read to the end to find a list of…
Last pic before giving birth! Welcome to the world beautiful Emma! Born by c-section at 7:38am on 17th Feb 2012 3.5kg 52cm long First breastfeed Meeting her brothers for the first time A special moment with one of her brothers Beautiful beyond…
A more personal post today….. Yesterday I arrived expectantly at the hospital only to be sent home a few hours later. I hadn’t been particularly prepared to have a baby that day and my husband was still interstate for work. Although it wasn’t ideal timing…
Is it possible to avoid supermarkets, malls and super chains? I’m going to find out for the month of February! I’ve been inspired by a blog called Little eco footprints. As a family, Tricia (the author) has made the decision to avoid all of the above…
When I speak of the ‘world’ I’m referring to popular culture. The dominant force in our Western society that influences the way we think, feel and what we value most highly. Recently, I watched a little ABC3 with my 6-year-old. The show was about a…
As I experience the last few weeks of my final pregnancy, I feel a mixture of excitement and sadness. This has been the last time I will experience the joy of seeing those two lines on a pregnancy test, a squirming jellybean on an ultrasound…