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.…
Introducing Meditation to a Young Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQYWUz9ix-U
When is a child old enough to learn about meditation? At any age, according to Barry Long. Showing children how…
Feminism and Motherhood
Are these terms mutually exclusive, or can they be complementary? Can they co-exist within the confines of parenthood?
Women, particularly young women, find…
Banjo’s Entrance into the World
By Astra
I was awake, as usual, at 5 a.m., staring at the wall, wishing that I were asleep when I thought I had wet my pants.…
Beastly Bees and Fatal Footwear: The New Perils of Parenting
‘Stop running with that in your mouth or you’ll trip over and die!’ So yelled a mother to her child in a shopping centre last week. Maybe she’d just had way…
Birthing Rituals
Pregnancy is such a wonderful, magical time when considering the hidden processes in the belly and beyond! It is also an opportunity for women to…
Food: A Question of Ethics – 5 Principles of Ethical Eating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHzwqf_JkrA
See Food, a Question of Ethics, Published in Kindred, issue 22
These…
Food; a Question of Ethics: An Ethical Vignette: Coffee and Chocolate
See Food: a Question of Ethics, published in Kindred issue 22, June 07
The global price of both coffee and cocoa…
A call of the Wild: Bush Tucker: the way back home
See also A Call of The Wild, published in Kindred, issue 22, June 07
Naturalist Koa Windsong says bush lore is a…