Children’s parties can be the perfect storm of kids, noise, sugar and emotions. To help navigate the territory, Madhavi Nawana Parker from Positive Minds Australia has given us her TOP 5 tips for navigating kids’ birthday party etiquette.
Providing professional car seat fitting and checking services, as well as safety sessions for families, Kidsafe SA have been actively helping parents keep their kids safe at home, play and on the road for 35 years! We find out more about keeping our kids safe in the car, as well as some simple steps to ascertaining whether your child is ready for an adult seat!
2020 was a rough year and it may have taken a toll on our finances. With 2021 hopefully being a bigger and brighter year than the last, now is the time to manage your family finances and get them into shape. With help from the experts at Savvy, here’s how you can make your family finances fighting fit – and set yourself up for success in the future.
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: KIDDO writer Carla Caruso spoke to NSW research psychologist and trauma specialist Dr Sarah Woodhouse about her new title, You’re Not Broken, and how ‘little’ traumas can affect our parenting.
Plan your own South Australian Beachside Getaway: with school holidays drawing ever closer, we’ve put together a full itinerary of activities that you can enjoy with your family, from where to stay, what to eat and plenty of adventures to keep your kiddos busy and buzzing all weekend long, right on your own doorstep!
In February 2021, Birth Time: The Documentary, launched across Australia posing a question about why birth trauma is so rampant among women. What would it take for women to emerge from their births physically well and emotionally safe? Birth Time: The Documentary shines a light on what’s really happening in our maternity system, how we can find an answer and how we can effect change for all women.
As parents we want to make sure we create a great outdoor space where our children can play, learn and explore, however, creating a kid friendly environment shouldn’t mean you have to sacrifice on style. Here are our tips for creating an outdoor entertainment space that’s chic and practical which will gladly be the backdrop for kids’ play and grown up garden parties.
Madhavi Nawana Parker from Positive Minds Australia takes us through what causes sibling rivalry and gives us some tips on how to improve sibling harmony within our families.
Podiatric Surgeon and Specialist Podiatrist, Andrew van Essen, gives us some practical advice about how to know if and when we should take our children to a specialist podiatrist.
Most hospitals will have a basic list of things to bring in for you and your baby on their website or in the information they provide prior to your admission, but Ros McDonough from Hello Baby! Midwifery has given us some additional things that you might like to consider packing in your hospital bag when you’re due to have your baby.
The majority of children in South Australia return to school at the start of a new year full of enthusiasm and positive anticipation. For some children, however, the return to school can fill them with dread as they work through fears of school bullying. Commissioner for children & young people, Helen Connolly, tells us what our children want us to know about bullying.
How do we help our teens navigate the online world? What can we do if our children encounter inappropriate material online? Helen Connolly, Commissioner for Children & Young People, shares insight about teenagers and the internet.
Trying to live a zero waste life while simultaneously raising a family can feel almost impossible at times, but Anita Vandyke, bestselling author of A Zero Waste Life, is here to help. Anita gives us her 10 tips towards becoming a zero waste family!
Madhavi Nawana Parker from Positive Minds Australia offers some sage advice around using Elf on the Shelf (and Santa) to encourage good behaviour in our kiddos, and it sheds a totally different light on the matter!
We all want to teach our children the resilience to overcome challenges, as well as the perseverance to keep giving something a go and working towards a goal to achieve it, but opportunities to do so… don’t grow on trees. But at TreeClimb, they’re built into them!