Welcome to our first edition of Kindred Monthly, a free monthly newsletter to keep you in touch with the world of Kindred in between issues. Each newsletter will feature special articles not published in Kindred magazine, special offers, book and DVD reviews, news bites, poetry and much more! Please let us know what else you'd like to see in your newsletter so that it can become a resource that you look forward to receiving every month.

Enjoy your Kindred Monthly and we look forward to hearing from you.

Warm regards,

Kali Wendorf
editor

Special Articles

I'm an Individual
By Wendy Rosenfeldt

Have you ever wondered why each child is unique and what works for one may not help another? Children have a unique constitutional type. According to the Ayurvedic theory of doshas everything in the universe is comprised of different proportions of space, air, fire, water and earth. The three doshas, Vata, Pitta and Kapha are governing principals found all throughout ...more

Potty Training - Get Ready, Get Set, Go!
By Elizabeth Pantley

If your child is near or has passed his first birthday, you can begin incorporating pre-potty training ideas into his life. They are simple things that will lay the groundwork for potty training and will make the process much easier when you're ready to begin...more

Kindred Alert

As many of you will be aware, the vaccination program for the new HPV vaccine, Gardasil has just commenced in high schools across Australia. In the first week, six Melbourne school girls were admitted to hospital as a result of serious side-effects which occurred either during or shortly after the vaccine was administered at their schools. If you or someone you know has a teenage daughter who is "eligible" for this vaccine, please do as much research as you can before making a decision that could negatively affect your daughter, possibly for the rest of her life. Some valuable information to help you make the decision can be found on the websites below. 


Why are we experimenting with drugs on girls? The Age newspaper, 25th May, 2007

NVIC The National Vaccine Information Centre (USA)

VISA info Vaccination Information Australia

For articles featured in Kindred on the dangers of vaccination, please go to our website


Events

Remember The Dreaming

The Dreaming Festival – 8-11 June  Presented by The Queensland Folk Federation, the organisation behind the annual Woodford Folk Festival, The Dreaming is a vibrant, exciting and a valuable destination where local, national and international audiences look forward to their annual ceremony time along with the most comprehensive showcase of Indigenous arts from across the country and around the world.

This three day and four night festival will have performing arts venues, bars, Ceremony grounds, traditional healing, galleries, rituals, campfire story circles and a mass of stalls, workshop avenue and food outlets.

Under the artistic direction of Rhoda Roberts, the program will also feature film & literature components, performing arts, new media and digital technologies, food & wine fare, comedy, ceremony, exhibitions, performance artists, physical theatre, visual arts, craft workshops, music program, street performers, musicals and a youth program.


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 and now in the US from selected Barnes & Noble stores.


Shop Kindred

Books, DVDs and CDs all handpicked to support you in living a life that is informed and empowered...more

Fed Up - DVD

Fed Up studies the effects of food additives and chemicals on children's behaviour. Sue Dengate's famous presentation about the effects of food on children's health, learning and behaviour together with entertaining and insightful interviews, support and information, released May 2006. Families from Cairns to Melbourne, from young children to grandmothers, were interviewed about their surprises, pitfalls, horror stories, cute kids, laughs, determination and triumph through tears in finding which foods affect their children...more


Special Offer

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Kindred News

Healing Foods, Herb and Nutrients Revealed
News Target has just launched an online database of healing foods, herbs and nutrients. Over one hundred health conditions are covered in detail. This project is now available to the public and you can start using it right now at: Healing Food Reference

Kids Need Fair Trade
Children in developing countries are exploited by the mainstream international trading system. The system pays millions of parents a pittance for what they produce. This often means that children have to work rather than go to school, do not have health care when they need it, and are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty. To find out more go to World Fair Trade Day

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to our competition winners, Mingyen and Michael Barthelot who were the first to sign up for the Kindred Monthly newsletter via the website. They have won an Aromababy prize pack valued at over $50. Mingyen and Michael, we hope you enjoy your prize.


Poetry

Woman as Warrior

Women of the World
Let us unite –
Open our eyes,
To our enduring plight.

Are we selling our souls,
Denying our roots,
Straying from the path;
Distracted by loot?

Remember our role
Is to nurture our nature,
Walk lightly on the earth
Consider our future.

With a listening heart
And a speaking soul,
Let us go about our business –
But remember our role.

by Wendy Dumaresq of Rad Pads

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Compiled and edited by Jesse Atkinson, Editorial Assistant email