Why Should Kids Have All The Fun?
Introducing the new Crisp Big Scooter for adults. That’s right, for adults! Kids have been enjoying scooters for years and now adults can get in on the fun with this larger size scooter. The Crisp Big Scooter is perfect for parents that normally walk their kids to school or child care. No longer will parents […]
Making Volunteering Work For You
Volunteering for your child’s school provides a number of benefits and can be done in a number of ways to suit your needs. It should be something that you are happy to do and not something that you dread on a continual basis, so here are a few tips on how to make volunteering work […]
5 Reasons It’s Good (FOR YOUR CHILD) to Volunteer At Their School
Further to the last post in this series on the benefits that volunteering at your child’s school brings to you, this post covers the benefits that volunteering at your child’s school brings to your child. Benefits of volunteering at your child’s school – For your Child: Helping teachers teach more effectively. Helping your class teacher with mundane […]
5 Reasons It’s Good (FOR YOU) to Volunteer At Your Child’s School
I had always dreamed of being involved at my child’s school when they attended, however since starting Kindy this year I have to admit that the constant calls for parental help and involvement is overwhelming. Add that to a busy schedule of working, mothering and keeping house and no wonder it is a struggle for […]
Learning to Ask for Help when you are Sick – One Mother’s Story
When I say I am an independent, private person, what I mean is I don’t like others seeing my seen-better-days Target knickers and wondering why I have 10 cans of corn in the pantry. And, when I say I was recently ill, what I mean is I found myself in hospital recovering from surgery, and […]
A Mother’s Day Wish – If Only
It is that time of the year again when the shops are full of Mother’s day cards, every shop is selling stuff but mostly not so useful items at ridiculous prices. Fathers and children are not only making/buying cards but also buying “not so useful” gifts and making burnt toast with a hard boiled blue […]
Getting to Know Your Child’s Teacher – Should I??
For 12 years I have been negotiating, supporting, sharing and listening to teachers and carers of my children. Over this time I have seen the benefit of fostering and nurturing these relationships. When you think about it, you legally hand over the care of your children and the responsibilities of social and academic development to […]
Let The Kids Pack Their Lunch … Brilliance or Insanity??
A while back I decided to take the plunge and give my two darling masters of the house the “privilege” of packing their own lunch boxes. This was in fact the word I used to entice them into doing it themselves. I thought it absolutely brilliant to give myself at least one day off per […]
School Mum Cliques – Still??
I personally struggle to get my head around the fact that as grown adults with children we are still participating in behaviour similar to that of our children. School yard cliques. Yes, I am referring to mums not kids and that makes me sad. Sad because we are the ones demonstrating to our children how […]
The Dawn Of The Tweens – I Was Not Prepared
Do you know how many results you get when you search the word “Tweens” on Google? An astronomical 12,700,000 entries and counting. That is absolutely mind boggling. I have two boys, ages 11 and nearly 10. The youngest son is turning 10 in May and he cannot wait to enter the double digit phase. “Why on earth […]