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Honey, We Wrecked the Kids!
We’re all wondering what’s wrong with the kids of today. Why can’t they amuse themselves, behave themselves and do things for themselves? Why is there so much bullying, disrespect, vandalism, drug taking, sexualised behaviour and violence? Our generation didn’t behave this way, we reminisce proudly. We did as we were told, respected o...
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Holding On
"When your child is ready to potty train it will happen over a weekend," my friends said. So patiently we waited, choosing a potty and leaving it casually sitting in the bathroom hoping our son would take an interest. He didn't. That was when he'd just turned two. Caught up with a new baby and a house move, we thought we'd not press the issue...
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Are Kids with ADD, ADHD, and Other Disorders Overmedicated?
In her new book, We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication, Judith Warner, author of the New York Times bestseller Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, explores the myth of the overmedicated child and writes that the rise of mental illness diagnoses in children is not the result of anxious parents seeking treat...
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Join The Pissed-Off Parents Club Right Here, Right Now!
This is it, folks - over the top. From now on, you can attend and participate in the only international online meetings of The Pissed-Off Parents Club right here. The what-off club? The Pissed-Off Parents Club, that's what! Where men and women, mums and dads, males and females of all genders and ages can meet and bleat. Oh yes! Finally - F...
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Do Kids Make Us Happy?
Recently, parenthood has taken a hit in the media. Multiple studies published in the last few years have concluded that having children decreases our well-being and leads to stress and conflict in the couples’ relationships. But should we believe the research? Evidence That Kids Reduce Happiness Take this article from last year’s Journal...
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Boyfriend Genes
Recently, my boyfriend's good friends Tom and Jessie had their first child, a healthy, chubby-cheeked little boy that they couldn't wait to show off to their friends. So, we picked out a fuzzy outfit, wrapped it up in pastel paper, and drove out to the suburbs to do the traditional ooh-ing and ahh-ing. When we arrived, we walked in on a scene of fa...
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The Lego Dilemma
For my five-and-a-half-year-old son, Zachary, it's all about Lego. After obsessions with Thomas the Tank Engine, Disney's Cars and the sea creatures from BBC's Blue Planet series, he has turned all of his attention to the iconic Danish bricks. His love of Lego has seen a Tribble-like explosion into all corners of the house. We have handed out L...
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MySchool
Since its launch on January 27th, the Federal Governments MySchool website has proved a huge hit, with nine million hits on the first day alone. The website contains a report on every primary and secondary school in the country (public and private) and shows results from national literacy and numeracy tests among other information. While educ...
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