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The Balancing Act
Written by Jayne Kearney

This month I’m thinking about balance and wellbeing – and about the ways we strive to achieve them when we become parents.It sometimes seems that 'balance', 'wellbeing' and 'parenting' are mutually exclusive concepts, what with the juggle of time, work, money, school, kids’ and parents’ social lives, sporting commitments, housework, grocery shopping…    Wow. Simply writing that list makes me wonder how any of us do it at all.Hands up if, like me, you sometimes feel you’re just muddling from one
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Mum Said/Dad Said: Natural Selection
Written by Jayne Kearney and Chris Howe   
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:56
Natural SelectionHealthy babies are the dream of everyone who wants to be a parent, that’s a given. But our parenting dreams don’t always end there. For a variety of reasons some people hope for a child of a specific gender. While the technology is available, its use (with some exceptions) is illegal in Australia. Jayne Kearney and Chris Howe look at the shades of grey surrounding gender selection.
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Local Women in Business: A Sunny Days Promotion
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:40

With Father's Day around the corner and Christmas hot on its heels many of us are looking for interesting and different gifts for our loved ones. Two local women are part of the Smallprint franchise which offers exactly that.

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Dental Erosion - Is Your Child at Risk?
Written by Dr Helen Cornwell   
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:21
sunny_days_teethLooking after our kids' teeth is another of those parental duties which can get lost in the general busy-ness of our lives. Unfortumnately the consequesnces of a lax approach to dental health can be damaging and permanent. Paediatric Dentist, Dr Helen Cornwell, writes for us about the issue of dental erosion.
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Mum Said/Dad Said: Teaching Parents
Written by Jayne Kearney and Chris Howe   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 11:50
Can we learn to be parents? And if so, who are the teachers and what should they teach? Or, in a world where too much information never seems to be enough, is parenting one place where we need to step away from the books and just ‘do’? This month Jayne Kearney and Chris Howe look at education for mums and dads.
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