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A Brighter Shade of Green – Rethinking environmental education
Picture a swimming lesson where the class begins with a video of the dangers of drowning and shark attacks. Next up is home economics where the teacher focuses…
Choices for Childbirth: Are women being sidelined again?
The current statistics around birth experience in Australia reflect a culture of inappropriate medical management of the natural process of most…
Empty Vessels Filled with Love and Compassion
A few days ago, I was devouring pages of Anastasia, the first book of The Ringing Cedar Series while helping out at a bookshop. Anastasia and the author…
In Search of a Good Man
An interview with Clive Chabrier
Q. Do you have a sense of the kind of man you would like to be as you grow older?…
Ten Ways to Grow a Happy Child
The first real choice a human baby must make is whether to trust or mistrust other humans. This basic trust-versus-mistrust stage is the first…
Mamatoto
Mamatoto is a word in Swahili meaning ‘motherbaby’, reflecting the concept that mother and infant are not two separate people, but an interrelated dyad. What…
Overweight and Undernourished?
Are we feeding our children the food that they really need for optimal health?
Over the last 20 years, rates of obesity in children have…
When a Child Uses "Bad" Words
Q. My almost 5-year-old son has picked up the word “a..hole” and has been trying it out. I have been trying some advice…