If the mean girl inside your head has ever whispered in your ear that you’re not good enough, has ever taken a second look at a dimple on your thigh or a pesky upper arm wobble; if she’s ever questioned your worth based on the reflection staring back at you from the mirror…then body positivity powerhouse Georgie Thomas is here to shut that sh*t down.
We love a homegrown brand here at KIDDO, and none more than the ones that grow and nourish our little ones. Especially the picky eaters.
Henlee is a small, Aussie-based family business designing and curating a growing range of premium vegan leather goods for the modern family.
With a desire to start contributing financially to the household following an extended break, Adelaide hairstylist Yovanka Loria opened her home salon in 2017 after her two kids had entered school.
Within 24 months, her business turned into a million-dollar global brand after she followed a hunch and developed a product line that is now not only coveted by women all over the world, but high- end salons are also scrambling to get their hands on.
Young Adelaide boy, Ethan Hall, hiccuped his way into becoming a viral youtube sensation at the tender age of seven as he sung the National Anthem at an Adelaide Bite Baseball game with the hiccups. Since then, Ethan has gone on to have two solo shows the the Adelaide Fringe, and more recently a four chair turn on Channel 7’s The Voice, all at the ripe old age of fourteen!
From the moment she was born, Emily Korir had to learn how to fight. Her gripping memoir, ‘Against All Odds’ shares an intimate insight into the journey of her life, paying tribute to the battles we fight to be our best selves. We caught up with Emily to find out more about her extraordinary journey of courage and determination…against all odds.
We were all pretty excited at KIDDO HQ when we got the intel that Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught was releasing a new book, The Bricktionary, an indispensable companion to any LEGO collection. We sat down with Brickman and talked all things LEGO, found out the biggest model he’s ever DROPPED as well as how to make your LEGO builds even better!
Ahead of this weekend’s big day at the polls, we sat down with Leader of the South Australian Labor Party, Peter Malinauskas, to find out a little bit more about the proud South Aussie Dad. Not only did we ask about his party’s priorities for families, but also the really tough, hard-hitting questions like where he finds knock-your-socks-off good coffee in Adelaide and his favourite episode of Bluey (because, let’s face it, every parent has one!).
“They grow up so fast. It happens in the blink of an eye. It seems like just yesterday they started school. All these well-worn cliches about how fleeting childhood is are sadly true.” Bec Morse shares her heartfelt letter to her oldest daughter who’s just graduated high school.
Tara Mitchell is one of Australia’s leading infant and toddler sleep consultants, helping literally thousands of families through one of the toughest experiences parents can go through: sleep exhaustion. We get to know Tara and share her top five tips to troubleshooting sleep issues.
Chances are you’ve seen one of Comedian Josh Hawkins’ viral social media posts clocking up the likes and shares on Instagram. The internet just cannot get enough of @hijosh…and neither can we! For the uninitiated, Josh is the rad-dad and funny-guy who’s basically made a full time job out of recreating his baby daughter’s milk drunk facial expressions on the gram, garnering not thousands…but millions of views. The same guy who’s the comedy genius behind The Bachelor and Married at First Sight lip reading videos that have just about a million shares a minute across social media when the shows are airing and —in between all that— is also an everyday dad of two and loving husband to wife Catherine, who he says makes it all possible!
Adelaide raised Monica McInerney has over a dozen successful adult novels under her belt. The kind of well known, best selling, page turning novels that we’ve all heard of, probably read most of and definitely recommended to our book club. Now it’s our kids’ turn to enjoy the magical storytelling Monica weaves with her words, with the release of Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat scheduled for November; a summery tale about a young girl, a cat called George and a magic wishing stone.
Design experts and TV personalities Alisa and Lysandra Fraser have welcomed a new addition to their al.ive body hair and body care range – and it’s for the soft and sensitive skin of the smalls in our lives. We chat with Alisa and Lysandra about creating the ali.ve body range, their success in business and following their passions, as well as what’s next for them in 2021 and beyond.
When Naturopath Sonia Tzerefos’ was pregnant with her second child, she and her husband thought they were pretty well prepared for the next challenges life would bring. They just didn’t realise how big the challenges that presented themselves were going to be. We chat with Sonia about her son’s Autism diagnosis and how she has helped her family thrive by focusing on the importance of gut health.
Kate Jones and Mandy Hose have experienced the highs and lows of parenting – and they wouldn’t change a thing. The pair met a decade ago and bonded over their premature twins with additional needs and their remarkable capacity for love, laughter and swearing like a trooper. As the mothers grew closer, however, they confided that they felt ‘on-the-floor lonely’ sometimes because nobody was talking about what it was like for families like theirs. It was time to give their community a voice. We chat with Kate and Mandy about their new book and the importance of finding your tribe.