EDITOR’S PICKS

A $15 billion promise of universal access to preschool
Is this the game-changer for Aussie kids? Asks Wendy Boyd and Michelle M. Neumann Shutterstock Celebrations greeted Thursday’s co-ordinated announcement by the NSW and Victorian governments that they will invest $6 billion and $9 billion, respectively, to provide 30 hours a week of play-based learning...
Staff
23 June, 2022
Should you feed child guests dinner?
Timothy Heffernan reports on what the online furore #Swedengate, tells us about Swedish food culture and social expectations From meatballs and cakes to soups and seafood, Sweden is known for its hearty cuisine. It’s also renowned for its quality of life, topping many countries in...
Staff
16 June, 2022
Leveraging the digital era for fitter, healthier, happier children
Overweight and obesity is the second-largest contributor to Australia’s disease burden and health costs, including significantly driving Australia’s high-cost diseases (for example, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers). It’s estimated to cost the Australian economy $11.8 billion, and if obesity rates continue to in
Staff
09 June, 2022
What Age Do Kids Learn Best?
Is there a special time when our children’s brains are more open to learning new skills like reading, writing and playing a musical instrument? And is ‘earlier’ always ‘better’?
admin
26 May, 2022
A Change Is As Good As A Holiday
Holidays take on a new meaning once kids arrive, but a change of scene can still leave you re-energised.
Guest Contributer
07 April, 2022
Getting Kids Into Nature
Caroline Webster, author and founder of the blog Caro & Co, chats to us about motherhood and encouraging unstructured play in kids; getting them off technology and exploring the outdoors instead.
admin
07 April, 2022

Celebrating Mothers

Adjusting to being an older mother
Vicki Englund finds herself on the outer in a community of much younger mothers. It’s funny when you look back on the things about motherhood you hadn’t anticipated. When my husband and I decided to try to have a baby, at rather advanced ages on...
Staff
16 June, 2022
Book Review: Is it possible to describe the complexity and absurdity of motherhood?
Carla Pascoe Leahy reviews: Mothertongues – Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell (Hamish Hamilton) Mothertongues creatively responds to the question: what kind of genre and form could possibly describe a human experience that resists language? Is it possible to capture the inexpressible complexity and absurdity of...
Staff
14 May, 2022
3 Guidelines for helping parents understand the ‘terrible twos’.
Yes, the ‘terrible twos’ are full-on – but let’s look at things from a child’s perspective write researchers Rochelle Matacz and Lynn Priddis Meet Eli. He entered the second year of his life with gusto and now, aged 18 months, he is discovering new things...
Staff
26 April, 2022
Why do we find making new friends so hard as adults?
If you’ve ever tried to make new friends as an adult, writes Anastasia Hronis, you’ll probably see why loneliness is at an all-time high. Making new friends feels just plain hard. In school, making friends can be as simple as going on the monkey bars...
Editor
20 April, 2022