It’s More Than Just Colouring In

Time with my grandsons over the Christmas break was relaxing, but more importantly, precious. As a grandmother of two boys I treat every moment with them as a gift. Needless to say there are challenging moments as they develop their own personalities. […]

RED DOG: True Blue

He came, he saw and he was RED HOT! Event Cinemas Chermside saw the Queensland Premiere of Red Dog True Blue with special guest Phoenix who charmed the crowds. An undoubtable hit, the film saw many a laugh and touching moments which were […]

Over the pressure of OP results

Saturday morning saw the release of OP results for our year 12 young men and women.  For those of you yet to experience the ups and downs of the final year of schooling prepare yourself for an emotional roller coaster. The culmination […]

Jingle MY Bells!

How to stay cool, calm and collected this Christmas and Jingle your bells to your own tune! Christmas is almost upon us with all it’s joy and wonder. What does your heart desire? Perfume, jewellery, laughter, good food (preferably cooked by someone […]

Life After Children

This post comes after a pretty hectic past couple of weeks and at a time where I feel there has been a lot of heaviness floating around in the air. I don’t know if it’s because of the ‘Super Moon’ that graced us […]

Suicide, Self-Harm at 10 Year High

Many of us have children in our lives, one way or another, which is why the new statistics released on youth suicide are heartbreaking. New research which will send a shiver down all parents’ spines shows that suicide rates and self harm […]

Sextortion ruins lives!

Many parents worry about their children taking naked images of themselves and sharing them with people they think they can trust, however we also have to be careful. Yes us, the adults. As a major study continues in Australia into on-line sextortion, […]

Something for the kids…

Synopsis: Albert can’t help getting into mischief when no one is around. But one day he goes too far… Oh, Albert! A perfect story about a family and their not-so-perfect (but loveable!) dog. Review: Oh, Albert! is an adorable picture book, perfect […]

Can we women really have it all?

Can we women really have it all? Groan, I know, I know we’ve heard this one before…move on! Seriously though, I’d like to talk a little bit more about this modern-day dilemma, as I still feel that there is a lot of […]

Homework strike by parents

The age-old argument about what is too much homework has been thrust back into the headlines ….this time in Spain where thousands of parents have started a rolling homework strike. Beginning over the weekend, students from 12,000 schools across Spain were told […]

Benefits of digitally detoxing

Technology….sigh…we can’t seem to live without it, but sometimes I really don’t want to live with it either. Let me just say firstly that this is by no means a post condemning all things technology or that I am about to break […]

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