Well, the last of this short series anyway. I had some notes on helping kids sleep. We didn’t need them with the firstborn, and the ones I had didn’t work with the second.
Today’s search came up with the following links which contains broader and more comprehensive info which seems better than what I had at that time in [...]

A few more tips I found among my notes-on-scrap paper (terribly bad habit for a life coach, and that’s why I’m clearing the notes away, actioning them). Again, I’ve lost the author’s name, but I really liked the realism in these tips for men about to become parents…

You will make mistakes. It’s ok. Fortunately, kids are [...]

We’re moving house later this year and in preparation, I’ve been digging through old stuff, boxing things up and turfing (throwing away) things I don’t want any more.
Amongst the good stuff I uncovered (recovered?) was notes on parenting I’d taken from  other people’s writing some time ago. I’ve long since lost the details of who [...]

I am a big believer in generosity and charity.
I don’t always practise it, but I do believe in it!
Christmas is that wonderful time where the “spirit of giving” can actually possess us to  help other people who need it, to be generous, to share, to be kind. We start to smile nicely at [...]

When you’re short of ideas [or in my case, just lazy], work a theme (and work it hard!).
For the next 12 days leading up to Christmas, I’ll post once a day on the Christmas theme. Some of it will be useful info and some of it … well, just … silly … but we Aussies don’t [...]

Michael Grose tells the story of a 40 year old dad wanting to challenge a group of sixteen year old boys (who were watching a sixteen on big brother uncut) over their attitudes to sex.  Instead of lecturing the, he asked some questions and then made the comment: “ it is you guys now who are [...]