Mental health and young children
Kids & Family
October brings with it international mental health awareness week – but really, it’s a subject that doesn’t just pop up in conversation neatly and conveniently… Read more »
Jude Dobson
An icon of NZ television, Jude Dobson has endeared herself to generations of Kiwis. From Sale of the Century to 5.30 with Jude and the face of Family Health Diary, we’ve grown up with her in our living rooms. What you might not know is that over the last 10 years, aside from raising her own family, she’s become a multi-talented producer, with her own production company Homegrown Television. More recently Jude has collaborated with Plunket and Well Child Tamariki Ora services, producing and fronting a TV series called Raising Children. Which is available for free on DVD/App/Website and provides invaluable advice for parents of newborns as well as insights into that crucial first decade of a child’s life. Today Jude continues to connect with New Zealanders bringing us stories that inspire, inform and entertain.
School holidays
Kids & Family
Keep calm and carry on – school holidays are here! Depending where you sit on the age and with/without kids scale, school holidays will mean… Read more »
Raising Children – parenting help is at hand
Kids & Family
Looking for some expert approved, family friendly parenting advice? Well, let me help you there! I don’t usually bang on about the stuff I do,… Read more »
Grief
Kids & Family
Grief – it’s a fact of life. At some stage, you or someone close to you is going to have to deal with the loss… Read more »
HPV vaccine for the lads
Kids & Family
If you haven’t caught up – and you have a teenage lad in your household – NEWS FLASH – the HPV vaccine is now funded… Read more »
Travel tips
Kids & Family
I’m about to head away on a bit of an epic family adventure – something we have managed every couple of years or so, which… Read more »
Breastfeeding
Kids & Family
I was recently reading an article about two mums who had both breastfed their babies, and had quite different experiences. Nothing new there – women… Read more »
End of Semester stress
Kids & Family
If there’s a tertiary student in your house, end of semester is a tense old time. Hand ins for the last assignments, prepping for end… Read more »
International Father’s Mental Health Day
Kids & Family
I saw an email through the inbox this week, and thought – wow, I bet not many people know about that day – I didn’t…. Read more »
Nits
Kids & Family
Yeah, an altogether stunning start to an article, a title like that. I could just as easily change it to kutis (or cooties) or head… Read more »