Healthy 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.
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.
Looking 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.
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.
Thursday is crazy day at our house. Thankfully my husband gets himself to work, but I need to ferry three children to their respective educational facilities within a time frame of just half an hour and high-tail it to work myself. That scant thirty minutes needs to include the preschool sign-in, kids’ school drop off, five sets of traffic lights, eight kilometers of busy main road, trying to park and arrive at work on time. Optimistically, I try to fit in grabbing a coffee on the way but, alas, something has to give. While I visualise myself strolling nonchalantly into the office with coffee in one hand and coat elegantly slung over an arm, it seems the reality for this working mother is somewhat different. I’m doing well if we’ve all got our lunches, my son has remembered to bring his gear for soccer practice and I’ve managed to scratch on some mascara while waiting at a red light.
Healthy 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.
Thursday is cra