Parenting is one of the most challenging tasks you will ever encounter. You have to make tough calls at… Read more

Being a parent is one of the best things in the world, but it’s also among the most difficult… Read more

Finding the delicate balance between protecting and helicopter parenting is not as easy as it seems. It is human… Read more

Having a new baby is a huge life adjustment. While you may be excited about the idea of bringing… Read more

Technological advancements don’t just benefit big corporations and ultra-rich celebrities – they can be a lifeline for busy parents… Read more

Accidents happen - and when they do, you need to be sure you have the right skills to deal… Read more

I am blessed with having two sons. Boisterous, busy, inquisitive and switched-on lads.  

As they got… Read more

We've certainly written about it before but despite the warnings from a range of sources, some parents… Read more

Historians from the University of Leeds and the University of Manchester examined fatherhood in Britain during the 19th… Read more

More parents and kids are plugged in to electronic communication, gaming, and other digital entertainment than ever before.… Read more

Many parents are now in the rundown to graduation – whether it be from pre-school, primary school or… Read more

It seems that every facet of modern parenting is fraught with anxiety, from finding a nutritious yet palatable… Read more

Most of us try to do the best we can with the resources we have on board ourselves. … Read more

Just as pregnancy is measured in trimesters, parenting is all about stages. And in the modern era of… Read more

There are days when I reckon motherhood could be likened to a marathon, a marathon where you have… Read more

Having been a teacher for the best part of 40 years – yes, it sounds very odd to… Read more

If you’ve ever been a mother, known a mother or co-existed in the same breathing space as a… Read more

“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” - Ralph… Read more

As a clinical social worker supporting adolescents and their families all across Australia we are often asked the… Read more

I met up with one of my best and oldest friends last week in New York - it… Read more

I am retiring this year after more than two-thirds of my life as a teacher.

I first… Read more

More young people experience high levels of psychological distress when their father has cancer compared with… Read more

Can anyone be harder on us mums than ourselves? Well, no, not in my experience.

‘Mother’s guilt’… Read more

How do you know when your child or teen is telling you the truth? Being able to decipher… Read more

Recently, I overhead a discussion between a group of young mums about what to do with their pre-school… Read more

As an early childhood teacher, one of the questions parents regularly ask me is how to deal with… Read more

Scientists may disagree about whether what a woman does, feels or eats when pregnant could determine the gender… Read more

We’ve all heard it before (usually accompanied by repeating hours of music… Read more