Children Biting "Bite Me!" In all the years I have worked with children let me firstly reassure you that biting is completely normal. I know that as the parent it can make you feel shocked and embarrassed when your child is the biter and you worry about the reaction from other parents, teachers and anyone else who witnesses or overhears that your child bit another child. If your child has been … [Read more...]
Making Time for Family Time
31/10/2011 By 12 Comments
Making Time for Family Time When HB and I were first married weekends were the best! We would laze around all day and just do nothing.. Oh how I look back on those ~sleep in all day~ days, I should of appreciated them more! Then the kiddos came along and we got busy.. HB was working a lot and I was just trying to survive the week with my sanity intact (obviously I didn't know back then sanity is … [Read more...]
Consistency in Parenting
17/09/2011 By 26 Comments
On the Importance of Consistency in Parenting Consistency is one of the most important concepts in life. Be it in your personal life, professional career, family system, romantic relationships, or friendships, consistency is key to understanding what you want and what you can get out of a situation. There is no area where consistency is more essential than in parenting. Children of any age thrive … [Read more...]
Parenting Styles – Here we go again!
05/09/2011 By 32 Comments
This is a revised version of my guest post at everythingisedible Parenting Styles – Just do what you feel is right Becoming a parent changes your life in many ways, that there really is no genuine preparation we can do. If only we knew how sleep deprived and exhausted we would be, then maybe sleeping lots and lots prior and having a storing extra sleep button in our brains that we switch on … [Read more...]
Facebook – Why I went Undercover
15/08/2011 By 21 Comments
Facebook – Why I went Undercover There was an article published in the Melbourne Herald Sun on the 6th August about how I went undercover to see first-hand what children and teens could access on Facebook. I have since received over two hundred comments and emails; the majority supporting what I did, some questioning what I did, and some calling me a crap mum, a paedophile, a hypocrite and using … [Read more...]
Nathalie – Who I am & what I do
19/07/2011 By 31 Comments
So who is Nathalie? Well I am 42 year old woman,(43 next week)who had a real panic attack about hitting forty but so far so good. I have been married for 18 years to the same hubby, I have two kids one girls Miss 15 and one boy Mr 6. Most of you know I care for my mother who has Alzheimer's and she lives at home with me. This to me is a very real world of juggling my family life, my role as a … [Read more...]
Mothers are incredible
01/06/2011 By 2 Comments
Mothers & Children If you are a mother, if you look after or care for children then you are incredible and your children are incredible. The word incredible should be sitting next to the word mother in the dictionary. The word incredible should be sitting next to the word children in the dictionary. Mothers & Children share the incredible gene Put your 'incredible cape' on today and … [Read more...]
