Parenting

by Sarah Tolmie How are you going? How has the experience of COVID-19 and time in isolation, the disruption of school, work, sport and activities routine affected your family life? …

LAURA’S PLACE By Laura Kiln PgDip (CBT) (Child & Adolescence), BSc (Hons) CMHN As I sit here it’s Sunday evening across the Coast, I guess many parents are preparing their …

by Catherine Schasser Hi. Hello to you, the reader of these words. As we spend this time together, I’m curious about you. If we were together, I’d notice your surroundings, …

An important question for all young parents. We speak with Nicole Smith, Head of Primary School at Green Point Christian College Many parents spend considerable time discussing whether the will …

Emotional connection between an infant and their parent or caregiver through wordless communication is called attachment bonding. This wordless communication affects the way an infant develops mentally, physically, intellectually, emotionally, …

We are all new to this parenting gig  by NIKKI SMITH Our babies were not born with a manual explaining everything that we needed to know for them to thrive, nor …

by Catherine Schasser According to vocabulary.com “Happiness is that feeling that comes over you when you know life is good and you can’t help but smile.” Similarly, Sonja Lyubomirsky, a …

By ADRIENNE GARSIDE Some years ago, a friend’s young son received a merit award at his school’s weekly assembly. He was recognised not because he topped the class in a …

“Knowing that our daughter is not only being cared, for but engaged with, brings us such peace of mind. We didn’t just want someone to come and look after our …

Dr Alison MooneyMBBS FRACGP DCH Clin Dip Pall Med They say that when a child is born so too is a mother. The path to motherhood was termed ‘matrescence’ by …