5 Tips To Make Your Child A Better Problem Solver

The foundations for problem solving are laid down in the first years of a child’s life and that’s when parents have the opportunity to really help their children. Skills can be trained, but when it comes to attitude you reach a certain point and then the foundations are laid. If everything is decided for a child,…

ByThe Carousel10/05/20160Comments

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Why Your Stubborn Child Could Be A Successful Adult

Well, don’t fret any longer, or feel like all your energy will be wasted. New research suggests that particularly stubborn kids frequently grow into wildly successful adults. The findings, published in the journal Developmental Psychology, follow over 700 children from around age nine all the way to 40, noting their sense of entitlement, studiousness according to teachers,…

ByThe Carousel09/05/20160Comments

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Julia Morris: My Top Secret Life Hacks

Julia Morris is one of Australia’s most successful and polished performers and has shared the stage with comedy royalty including Richard Pryor, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Lewis and Robin Williams. She has also hosted 'Celebrity Apprentice', 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' and is now an actress in Channel Nine's House Husbands. She…

ByVictoria Webster06/05/20160Comments

Health Wellness & Health

Erika Heynatz Exclusive: “The Joys Of Being A Mum”

Congratulations on your beautiful baby boy. What is your favourite thing about being a mother? Unlimited kisses and early morning smiles upon waking. The absolutely adorable Charlie. Image: @ErikaHeynatz What is the most challenging aspect of having a newborn? So much STUFF. No matter how streamlined your operation, there’s still so much stuff to carry around on the smallest…

ByVictoria Webster02/05/20160Comments

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Children Rebel Against Mum’s Strict Diet

Like most mums, she says it’s a constant battle keeping daughter Apple, 11, and son Moses, 10, away from the junk food. “Genuinely it’s a nightmare,' she explains on her website Goop. “All kids want is white sugar, white carbs, and processed foods ... I try to have a pretty clean pantry at home, but…

ByThe Carousel12/04/20160Comments

Healthy Nutrition Parenting Wellness & Health

5 Top Tips: Healthy Habits For Kids

1. Make water the drink of choice! Its best mums & dads avoid sugary drinks when they can - water is always the best drink to have for hydration. Making water a habit at an early age is really important. These days, many drinks contain hidden caffeine, salt and sugar, which will cause kids to…

ByThe Carousel06/04/20160Comments

Parenting

Jules Allen: Why Kids In Cafes Don’t Always Mix

Witnessing mothers practice their displays of over-indulgent ‘public parenting’ as their children whinge about the fact that their milkshake doesn’t have enough ice cream, I find myself reassured that I will never be out of work. In a decade when these little angels turn age 15, their mothers will be tearing their hair out, wondering…

ByJules Allen04/04/20160Comments

Parenting

9 Handy Phrases To Calm An Anxious Child

But navigating your way through those speed bumps will serve them well in the years to come, says Renee Jain, who has a Masters in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. In the heat of the moment, she recommends trying these simple phrases to help children identify, accept, and work through their biggest fears. “Can you…

ByThe Carousel27/03/20160Comments

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Brave Mum’s Campaign: Cycling To Save My Son

A sense of excitement and the illicit. Public disdain and great expense. Severe physical discomfort and a threat to life and limb. And while I'm not about to take up ciggies, I have rolled on the lycra nappy and the backwards tap shoes in the belief that while smoking causes cancer, cycling can help beat it. At…

BySusanne Latimore10/03/20160Comments

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Toddler Dies After Anti-Vaxx Parents Treat Meningitis With Maple Syrup

The Mormon parents, David and Collet Stephens, are staunch anti vax’s and own their own nutritional supplement company. There are so many layers to the lunacy of this approach that I am struggling to know where to start. Having spent nearly 20 years in the Byron Bay area and working for many years in a large…

ByJules Allen10/03/20160Comments