This time of year in Australia we experience a lot of storms.  They can bring so much chaos and devastation but at the centre of all this mayhem, the eye of the storm is extremely calm.  As parents we have all experienced days (or sometimes longer) when we feel like we are in a constant...

“It is important to find time for yourself”. This throwaway statement is often sprouted to mums but at most times in motherhood can feel impossible. How do you find time for yourself when you can’t even manage to go to the toilet alone? Or when you have to wait for your partner...

My husband travels a lot for work and he often tells a story of how before he had children the sound of a child screaming on a flight would really irritate him but now that he is a father and has travelled with his own kids he feels very differently.  It no longer bothers him.  Instead,...

As parents we are given the precious gift of helping a baby grow to a toddler, then a young child, preteen, teenager and then a young adult. We all have ideas of the perfect child and the perfect parent that we are going to be. Unfortunately, that perfect plan doesn’t always play out the...

Do you ever reflect on yourself as a carefree child who couldn’t wait to grow up and achieve amazing, exciting things in life and wonder when self-doubt and negative beliefs started to develop within you?  My 5 year old daughter wants to sing her own songs on stage and teach other...

What is considered “normal” and acceptable is constantly changing in our society. One night while reading an Enid Blyton story to my children, The Magic Faraway Tree, it struck me how different parenting had become over the years. In the story, each morning after the children had done...