Today it has not stopped raining. It has been nice to have the garden watered and the seeds for the grass growing well, however parts of the country are flooding…
Rainy Holiday Monday
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Ninjas wear pink shoes too
In the news recently was a story of a little boy who for his first day of preschool he wanted to wear pink shoes. His mum explained that the shoes…
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Would You Survive?
I don’t believe I could survive on $35 a day, could you? In The Sydney Morning Herald “Jenny Macklin, federal Families Minister, has told reporters she could live on the…
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Chocolate Makes You Brainy
If you looked at the heading of this post, you would say “really does chocolate make you smarter?” Well according to “The New England Journal of Medicine in the October…
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Healthy Dad = Healthy Kids
In an article by Nicola Conville, ‘Dads determine child obesity’, on Body and Soul: “A recent Australian study has found having an overweight father quadruples a child’s chance of being…
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Mothers Punished For Working
If you are a mother and have 2 kids and want to work you will not get much for your efforts. Sad to hear, but it is true. According to…
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All Kids Need to Swim
More young people are drowning due to not being taught to swim, according to an article on news.com.au. I for one believe it is the high cost of swimming lessons…
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Is Technology Making Us Smarter?
According to a story on news.com.au by Jackie Sinnerton, technology is making us smarter. This is apparently due to being exposed to more information and a wider vocabulary. I do…
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Happy Grandparents Day
Today is Grandparents Day in the United States. This holiday is to honour “contributions seniors have made throughout history. She (Marian McQuade the founder of Grandparents Day) also urged the…
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Potty Training at Dinner Table?
Have you as a parent had kids go to the toilet in bushes, on the side of the road and somewhere less than perfect. Well I have as it is…
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A Paper Bag Is not Worth $285!
I am not sure what is worse, a person selling a paper bag for $285 or a person willing to purchase the paper bag. Currently Jill Sander’s a fashion designer…
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Weighing in
There has been a call to weigh kids in school to tackle obesity. I for one don’t think this is a good idea. I feel that it would point out…
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