After I gave birth to my three older children, I wrote a detailed summary of their birth story. This helped me process the experience and also record the day’s events so I could share the story with each child in the future. However with my last child, born a few weeks ago, my husband actually… {read more}
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Starting Again: Mid Year 2023 Update
It’s been over a year and a half since I’ve even logged in to post on this website! It took me a good 20 minutes to find my way around again LOL. This online space was a huge part of my life from mid 2013 to about 2019, and I learned so much about not… {read more}
Top 10 Camping Road Trip Accessories
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 5 years since we finished our 12-month trip around Australia! We have a few friends about to embark on their own road trip adventures so I thought I’d share some of the items we found most useful during our time away. Autoseal water bottles – We invested… {read more}
9 Ways to Connect with Family You Can’t Visit
In just over a week, I’m flying to the United States see my parents for the first time in nearly three years! To say I’m super excited is an understatement! A lot of families have been separated due to the pandemic, especially where we live in in Australia because there are border closures often and… {read more}
Prevent Morning Hassles with the Bus Stop Game
Our kids fight often however I have never had to get fighting kids in the car. I realised the “Bus Stop Game” that we have been using for over a year actively prevents this. I had never thought of it as a parenting tool before taking the last Positive Discipline class. When we are getting… {read more}
How to Help Children Gain Social Skills When They Study at Home
To most parents, starting another school year of distance learning is a great challenge. After all, most parents don’t have a professional training background for teaching. And trying to teach your children can bring back some unpleasant memories such as when mom was trying to teach you how to drive or solve a complex mathematical… {read more}
5 Ways To Keep Your Children Productive At Home
Many parents have been left vulnerable with managing children at home while balancing the new normal of pandemic life. If you feel that you are becoming a substitute teacher for now – you are not alone! This is a guest post from Musa Mawanda, Ph. D, the Founder and CEO of Lugelo, Inc., a mobile and… {read more}
2020 Review… and I’m Presenting at the Australian Homeschooling Summit!
Hi everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve written a note on the blog! 2020 definitely didn’t turn out how I envisioned it would but it was no doubt full of growing opportunities. For a start, I taught my first online parenting classes and enjoyed the experience so much! It was amazing to help parents… {read more}
