If your family made the decision to do three acts of kindness together, what would you do? This post shares the second of our family’s “kindness outings” inspired by the #FordThinking challenge as part of Kidspot Voices 2015. You can read about our first outing here. We have been given a Ford Kuga MKII plus petrol vouchers… {read more}
Archives for August 2015
Does Busy = Happy? Here’s the Trick to “Slow Parenting”
In Praise Of Slowness was a TED talk I really related to, so when I found out the presenter Carl Honoré was featured in a new documentary I couldn’t want to see it. Frantic Family Rescue invites world-renowned advocate for “slow-parenting,” Carl Honoré, into the homes of three busy Australian families. Carl unplugs adults and kids alike… {read more}
Favourite Daily Phrases that are Little Life Lessons for Parents and Kids
Over the past few years, I’ve read a lot of great parenting advice. But it’s not always easy to put it all into practice! These are some of my favourite phrases to use on an everyday basis that promote some of the parenting techniques I aim to embody. They are little summaries of important messages I want my… {read more}
Phrases we need to STOP saying to our girls
This morning during school drop off I overheard a short conversation between two parents about the younger sister of a girl in my son’s school, who was probably about four years old. She had fallen off her scooter and scraped her face, and someone was kindly inquiring about what had happened. After explaining the event, the parent of the… {read more}