Welcome to the August edition of Kindred Monthly.


In this edition...

• Special Features - a birth story, how to empower your pelvic floor and a doula experience.
  
  
• Kindred News - Breastfeeding discrimination. the sunscreen myth & new vaccine evidence, plus our competition winners.
  
  
• Events & Workshops - Fatherhood Festival, Organic Expo & the Natural Baby Expo.
  
  
• Shop Kindred - The Fatherhood CD, Stolen Childhoods DVD narrated by Meryl Streep, plus a Massage Your Baby Special Offer.
  
  
• Subscribe & Win! a Karl Farren CD
  
  
• Recommended Websites - the vaccine - autism link, a new parenting blog & The Shift.
  
  
• Kindred magazine - the current issue.
  
  
• Organic baby products & health foods - shop online!
  
  
• Become a Sponsor.
  
  

Special Features


Tahlia, A Birth Story

The night before giving birth to our daughter I stayed up with my mum and husband Greg and watched Memoirs of a Geisha, interestingly about the plight of under- privileged girls in Japan, thinking how lucky our soon to be born daughter was to be born in Australia in this age. We stayed up until 11 pm, despite saying to them, 'I'll be cross with you if I go into labour tonight, you've kept me up!'...more

Empowering Your Pelvic Floor

If you’re like most women you probably didn’t give your pelvic floor a second thought until you were pregnant. Even then, if you neither leaked nor did specific pelvic floor work to prepare for birth you may have remained blissfully unaware until after the birth – perhaps even well after the birth of your first, second or third child...more





Mommy, Can I Please Nurse?

It was six months into my second pregnancy when I woke up and my cervix was spotting blood, accompanied by very intense contractions. Our midwife that assisted my first child's home birth was willing to support our decision to have our twins birthed at home. Given that I was thirty-nine we agreed to create a back up hospital plan. This morning when I phoned her, she urged me to call the local hospital...more




Kindred News

NSW outlaws discrimination against public breastfeeding

The New South Wales Government is making it illegal to discriminate against mothers who breastfeed in public. The Minister for Women, Verity Firth, says she is worried that some mothers stop breastfeeding because they fear discrimination. She says women returning to work feel especially vulnerable...more

The Sunscreen Myth?

Did you know that most sunscreen products are actually harmful to your health? The Environmental Working Group recently released a survey of sunscreen product ingredients showing widespread use of toxic chemical ingredients. The EWG didn't tell the whole story on sunlight, vitamin D and cancer prevention, but they sure exposed the toxicity of brand-name sunscreen products...more



Stunning New Survey Findings

A recently released survey indicates a strong correlation between rates of neurological disorders, such as ADHD and autism, and childhood vaccinations. The survey, commissioned by Generation Rescue compared vaccinated and unvaccinated children in nine counties in Oregon and California. Among more than 9,000 boys age 4-17, the survey found vaccinated boys were two and a half times (155%) more likely to have neurological disorders compared to their unvaccinated peers. Vaccinated boys were 224% more likely to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and 61% more likely to have autism...more




Kindred's Amazing Nappy Guide

The upcoming issue of Kindred magazine is proud to present, 'The Kindred Amazing Nappy Guide'. From eco-disposables to cloth and everything in between to assist you in making the best choice for you, your baby, your budget and the environment. Issue 23 of Kindred magazine is on sale first week of September. Click here to subscribe.




Little Star Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our Little Star CD competition, featured in the July newsletter:

Sumit Dutta, WA

Kandice Harkin, QLD

Vanessa Mullin, VIC



Events & Workshops


Fatherhood Festival
31 August - 2 September, Bangalow NSW

Question, share, celebrate. The Fatherhood Festival aims to do all this with its rich, program of music concerts, workshops, games, art, forums, resources and conversations. These events will touch your heart and stimulate your mind. This is a family festival with activities designed for dads AND mums, grandparents, aunties, uncles, friends and kids of all ages...more



Natural Baby Expo
11 - 12 August, Coffs Harbour NSW

Kindred magazine is proud to be a sponsor of the Natural Baby Expo 2007.
The Natural Baby Expo is an expo that connects products and services with parents and children. The expo promotes awareness of ecological products, from both small and large companies to young families with interest in natural products and children’s goods...more

Organic Expo
7 - 9 September, Melbourne Vic

Now in its 3rd successful year, the Organic Expo is Oceania's foremost organic and environmental show covering all lifestyle areas. Over 200 exhibitors from across Australia and overseas as well as 10,000 trade and consumer visitors are estimated to attend the 2007 Organic Expo...more


For more events and workshops visit our Calendar of Events page...more

Shop Kindred


Celebrate Dads with the Fatherhood CD

Songs by celebrated Australian songwriters as well as unknown talent.
JOHN BUTLER, PAUL KELLY, XAVIER RUDD, TEX PERKINS, KARL FARREN & MUCH MORE!

Give this CD to your partner, to your Dad and to you,
......much more than a gift...more

Stolen Childhoods DVD, narrated by Meryl Streep

Stolen Childhoods is a feature length documentary on global child labour. The story is told in the words of labouring children, their parents and the people working daily to help them. 

Children share their experiences of exploitation and their hopes for a better life and future...more



Massage Your Baby with Love Special

By Maxine Green. A practical book on exactly how and why to massage your baby. Large, clear photographs and step by step instructions including which oils to use, and how to care for yourself as well. Ideal gift for a new mum...more

August Special - just $20 including postage & handling (rrp $26.95 plus $6 p/h). To take advantage of this special offer, please phone our offices on (02) 6684 4353 and mention this Kindred Monthly e-newsletter offer. (Open to Australian residents only)



Subscribe & Win!

Subscribe to Kindred magazine for three years and go into the draw to win a signed copy of Repentance Creek, the debut album by Karl Farren.

This is backwoods soul music:  melodic, lyrical and contemporary, yet rooted in an older, mythic soil; a rich and ancient sediment of storytelling and folk memory...

Since moving to Australia in 1998, Karl has continued to be involved in music.  In 2003 his song, Firstborn, featured on the Fatherhood compilation, alongside songs by Paul Kelly, John Butler, Archie Roach and Tex Perkins. Visit Karl's MySpace page and to listen to tracks from Repentance Creek.

To subscribe, go to our website or phone (02) 6684 4353. 


Kindred Recommended Websites

Generation Rescue

Generation Rescue provides information and resources for treating autism based on its cause: mercury poisoning.

The Parenting Pit

alternative parenting - conscious living - unschooling

The Shift

We are in the middle of the biggest social transformation in human history, The SHIFT.

Are schools killing kid's creativity?

a great video

Kindred magazine

The June - August issue of Kindred is out now!

Issue 22 - what's inside:


MASKquerade - the ugly truths behind the beauty industry.

From Control to Connection - an unschooling journey.

A Call From The Wild - why today's children need nature.

Bush Tucker - for kids.

Weapons of Mass Induction - how television affects your life.

Food - the ethics of what we eat.

A Father is Born - a child gives birth to the man.

...and much more.

Kindred is available by subscription, from Borders bookstores, quality newsagents, health food stores and now in the US from selected Barnes & Noble stores.

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Compiled and edited by Jesse Atkinson, Editorial Assistant email