Category Archives: Parenting

Parenting: some things money can’t buy

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Have you ever had days that stood out in your life for some reason or other? Maybe there was a special event that occurred, or maybe it was a memorable one for some other reason. Today is a memorable day for me. Today I experienced a roller-coaster of emotions like [...]

Is parenting worth it?

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Parenting is very difficult to describe to anyone who hasn’t been through it before. Before you become a parent, you have a lot of time to watch other parents and kids in action.
Throughout this time most people begin to have some great ideas about how they’re going to tackle parenting, and it [...]

5 of the greatest parenting tips for teens

The last few years of my life have been very ‘interesting’ from a parenting point of view! I now have a teenager in the house, and have discovered that often the old tried and true parenting methods don’t always cut it.

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The ins and outs of daily parenting just seem to ‘happen’ [...]

How to be a positive influence on your kids

If there’s one thing I’ve discovered this year, it’s that kids grow up really quickly!

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I’ve got a teenager in the house now, and even with all the advice I’ve received on parenting, everyone’s experience is different.  To some degree, i think parenting always has an element of trial and error!  I was talking to [...]

Kids and Manners: parenting extremes

I was recently caring for a child at the hospital who had come in with his mother. The boy was about 8 or 9, and presented with 3 or 4 days of flu symptoms which were worsening.

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His temperature was quite high, and he had a hacking cough which flared up every [...]

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