Many years ago I did an informal survey with about one hundred Year Ten students in Brisbane, Australia. I asked them to give their parents some advice. I had no idea what they would come up with and assumed they would say things like – let us go out more, don’t have rules for the […]
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A court in Sudan has ordered the release of Meriam Ibrahim, the 27-year-old Sudanese woman who was sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging for alleged adultery and apostasy.
Sudan’s high court in Khartoum canceled the case, the Associated Press reports.
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As my little boy’s 4th birthday approaches, I’ve found myself scouring toy catalogues with a sense of dissatisfaction.
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Warning: this ode contains some ‘country and western’ spelling… Skinny jeans, You dun me wrong We used to have a deal You fit me just right, you kept everything where it should be I washed you in the Miele, no higher than 40 degrees, Just the way you liked it… But something has changed between
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Having troubles getting your children to do things they don’t like to do? Like homework or chores? Take minute to listen to this basic parenting principle! Originally posted on families.org.au
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Social media has produced a communication boom. Never before have young people communicated so much. The average teenager spends about 10 hours in front of a screen every day and checks their social media accounts 150 times during a 24 hour period. Much of this time is spent socialising, but disengaged from real world relationships.
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It’s easy to look into the eyes of your partner, over the piles of washing, lego and odd shoes and think: ‘hello stranger.’
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Sunday is Father’s Day across America so I’ve saved you the trouble of searching the web for the best Father’s Day stories, news, craft, dances and ideas. They’re all here… You’re welcome.
Do your children go to play at their friends’ houses, and then come home and tell you about how different the ‘rules’ were for their friends?
What do you do?
Picture it…. Monday morning; Clean washing strewn over the bed. The toilet is a hazard zone following an unfortunate toilet training incident. Breakfast on the table, on the chair, on the floor. Dishes piled in the sink, on bench tops, on the stove. Me, huddled over a cup of coffee. Another late night behind me, getting ‘set up’ for the week ahead, full of deadlines and meetings and presentations. This is the ‘glamorous’ life of a working mother.
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