• Encouraging kids to eat healthily

    One of the hardest things about parenting kids today is that, thanks to advertising and peer pressure, they love junk food and will happily eat it every day – yet you know it’s bad for them. The question is, how do you strike the right balance? More

  • Positive parenting

    New York magazine recently reported that parenting is making people miserable. It says that one of the great puzzles of parenting is that most people assume that having children will make them happier. More

  • Helping kids beat colds and flu

    Everyone expects to get colds and flu during the winter season but families with children are often more susceptible, as kids can bring germs and viruses into the home from school. But there are a few simple things we can do to keep illnesses to a minimum. More

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While out walking with our fouryear- old granddaughter, she became grizzly and irritated so my husband decided
to lift her onto his shoulders to carry her. Having only taken a few steps, she said to me, “Nana, Papa has got paint in his hair.” I looked up and realised she was talking about his new white strands coming through. Kids – you’ve got to love them.

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