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Before becoming pregnant, I was an environmentalist, a horse trainer, a social change activist. I loved nature fiercely and spent my weekends hiking alone in the mountains with my dog. ...more
Clearly drug abuse cannot be viewed in a vacuum as our politicians and leaders think. Of course how we are nurtured, how our world reflects who we are, will impact on how we are as young adults, including our susceptability to drugs ...more
So now the world breathes a sigh of relief - a ray of hope has come in the form of Barak Obama. is it enough that he has been elected, or is this, as he said in his victory speech, just a chance we have of making things right?
Meeting Uncle Bob Randall c ...more
Having announced to Kindred readers he pregnancy in the June issue, it is with sadness that Kali reports on her miscarriage. The event itself in a Paris hotel room, the spontaneous ceremony she and her family enacted, weave a touching tapestry of pain, of ...more
In the years since Kali was last pregnant there have been many changes, as the medical system continues to medicalise natural activities like birth. Kali's choice to homebirth and the shortage of midwives prepared to fight for homebirth opened up yet anot ...more
Go play outside! Rare words in today's screen driven childhoods. As the appreciation of and exposure to nature is replaced by relationships with screens and games, the relationship with ones own nature withers for lack of nurture. Parents need to reclaim ...more
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10 Tips for talking with kids about tough issues
Many adults find it difficult to talk with their children about sex, especially as kids themselves may find it hard. Here are 10 great tips on how to engage your child in formulating approaches to life issues which will inform their whole lives
From Horror to Hope: the evolution of childrearing
The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awaken. The further back in history one goes, the lower the level of child care, and the more likely children are to be killed, abandoned, terrorised, and sexually abused.
Whole Again: Our Family after Television
There was a time when my three children were television nuts. At any point during the day, you could walk through my house and hear everything from Power Rangers and Rugrats coming from my daughter’s room to heavy metal music and the World Wrestling Feder
Returning to the Garden
Farmers’ markets — the ‘quiet revolution’ that is resuscitating rural Australia and restoring our health and wellbeing.
They are bringing back sleepy little towns from the brink, resuscitating regional economies, giving birth to new businesses, increasin