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Alternatives to watching TV for children

Posted by Beck

I read an article in the Zen Habits Blog yesterday called ‘How to be a great mom: 12 awesome tips”. It offers some very practical down to earth advice… one that I could relate to, and want to discuss here, is the guilt Mum’s (and Dad’s) feel when sitting the kids in front of the [...]

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Making castles with the kids

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My children like to make things, they can sit there for hours perfecting something they are making. Their attention span when they are creating seems much longer than when they are playing with their toys.
Having just moved in the last couple of months I had some boxes sitting around and we decided to make castles [...]

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Kung Fu Panda – profound messages for children

Posted by Beck

On Saturday I took my two boys to watch Kung Fu Panda. They were impressed by it. Overall it was a good movie – I enjoyed it and they enjoyed it. It does however contain a bit of violence in parts that may be disturbing for some younger children.

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After seeing a movie I [...]

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My little cooking secret…

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It has been a busy year, studying, working, moving house and looking after my kids. I used to plan my weekly menu’s and shopping lists etc. However, moving house sort of stopped this happening, with so much needing to be done to my new house I found myself forever catching up with what [...]

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What if your child is not the standard size?

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Yesterday my son was sick and as he got worse as the day went on I decided to take him to the doctor. I usually like to wait a few days as often they get better, but with him having spent the weekend with his Dad I didn’t know if he had already [...]

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Woolworths Everyday rewards… Who are we rewarding?

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A quick visit to Woolworths yesterday and well it was all decked out in orange and white balloons… celebrating it seemed the launch of their everyday rewards card.
The card is marketed as a convenient way to store your 4cents of a litre dockets. If you register online before the end of June you [...]

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