Is Your Family Like Mine?
It’s the United Nations International Day of Families and the start of National Families Week. A time to pause and reflect on what your family means to you.
To celebrate what makes your family unique.
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Understand Development
Sometimes our expectations for our children can be a little high. When we don’t understand their development we can become frustrated at them for doing what is entirely normal. For example, did you know on average, children don’t regulate their emotions competently until around 7 or 8 years old? So getting cranky at your 5 …
Be an Example
The example you set may be a critical determinant of your children’s resilience and positivity. That’s because our children grow to be just like us. If we’re tall, they’ll likely be tall. If we have blue eyes, they will potentially inherit those. That’s how nature works. But nature only accounts for part of the story. …
Childhood Cancer Death Rates drop
Australian childhood cancer death rates have dropped significantly over a decade, new Cancer Council Queensland research shows. The CCQ study*, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, examined Australian childhood cancer mortality trends between 1998 and 2008. The study found significant decreases in childhood cancer death rates in the 11-year period surveyed, with the largest drops …
Important Lessons a Mum Can Teach Her Son Today
Teaching our children values is arguably the most important role we have as parents. Our son’s perception of women and the relationships he has with them will set the foundation for his life. You play a big role in determining how he sees and treats women. The crazy part is that most of the time …
Have You Noticed Your Child Do This?
The first 2 elements that create culture are 1) what you allow 2) what you don’t allow To find out more Click Here The third element is what you demonstrate or, in other words, how you live your life. Long Long ago… This may be quite a feat, however, if you can stretch back in your mind and …
Discover Your Child’s Strengths
Some of the most fascinating research being done right now to help kids be positive and resilient deals with the idea of strengths. Do you know what your children’s strengths are? Can you name them? Take a minute and think about that. Do you ever talk with your children about their strengths? Children who know …
Quest to Solve Childhood Obesity
We need new initiatives to tackle rising obesity rates in kids. Currently, about a quarter of Queensland children are weighing in as overweight or obese – and we’re seeing alarming trends when it comes to the health of Aussie families. More than one-third of adults and half of Queensland children eat unhealthy takeaway on a …
3 Things That Determine Your Family’s Culture
The culture of your family will be based on 3 things 1) what you allow 2) what you don’t allow 3) What you demonstrate/how you live your life I know what you’re thinking; That is way too simple, and way too obvious. Yes! Just the way I like things. At least when things are simple, …