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Conscious Parenting
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…
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.…
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…