Wishing You a Happy and Ethical Birthday
We were having an animated and excited conversation about the looming birthday of my youngest child. She was about to turn five and we were talking,…
Birthing At Home – A Powerful And Important Social Contribution
In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child in her home—in her bathtub to be precise—with the assistance of a midwife. She decided to birth at…
Teens, Screens And Technology Creep
In a well-known education journal, a computer hardware ad depicts an empty classroom, with computers on each desk. Outside in the background is an empty…
Inconvenient Fallacies; some Greenhouse Truths
Lots of people I know are opting to have their local Council come and change all their lightbulbs to compact flouro lights (CFLs) in the belief that…
Looking After Mum
From the day our children are born, mothers take on a nurturing and caring role. This does not change even as our children get older. We will swap…
Lost Children, Lost Society: Portrait of a post-modern family
Abandonment, separation, insecurity and isolation. These are experiences that we as a global community are facing. But most sadly it is…
Martial Arts; Self Mastery through a Warrior Tradition
Hapkido, the Way of Harmonious Power, is a dynamic Korean martial art.
Benefits of Hapkido
Regular practice of…
The Hurried Child Syndrome
A review of two books by David Elkind: The Hurried Child and Miseducation – Preschoolers at Risk
Living in modern…
I used to ‘have a life’ (Now I have a bigger one) Life as a stepdad
When I first began falling in love with Leigh, I couldn’t really relate to her kids. Initially I kept away from them, not wanting to create any…
Martial Arts: a foundation of life & learning
Martial arts can be one of the best things a child could do to prepare him or herself for life.…