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Mindful Homes
How to Raise Changemakers: 3 things parents need to do (part 1) / (part 2) / (part 3)
A Mixed-race mama’s guide to talking about colour with kids
Let's Talk About Multiples / Let's Talk About Multiples: Interview with Amy / Let's Talk About Multiples: Interview with Winnie / Let's Talk About Multiples: Interview with Ermita
Chinese New Year Survival Guide
Real Story: I Am A Stay-At-Home Dad
A Mixed-race mama’s guide to talking about colour with kids
"I was born in the middle-East to a father from Mauritania and an English mother in the mid-1980s. Early on I referred to myself as being ‘noos-noos’, Arabic for half-half, an identity that I accepted happily and readily although it was often met with questions and comments. Having grown up with this dual heritage background, I am keen to ensure I raise racially aware children, but I know this is relevant to all families, regardless of background. ..."
Learning & Development
Teaching Without Teaching
"On the shelves nearby were beautiful mathematical materials which Gigi's parents were desperate for her to use and were devastated that she repeatedly chose to polish and dust those maths materials rather than count them or use them to write 1+2=3. They felt that we should 'teach' her maths. We were somewhat perplexed, as everywhere we saw Gigi, she was doing 'maths'! ..."
Early Years
What exactly is 'a good start' for children?: An interview with Pennie Brownlee
10 Things You Need to Know About Toys
Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think
Let's Talk About PPD / Let's Talk About PPD: Sumathi's Story / Let's Talk About PPD: Leanne's Story / Let's Talk About PPD: Shwu Huey's Story / Let's Talk About PPD: Interview with Red Miller / Let's Talk About PPD: Interview with Tina George
What exactly is 'a good start' for children?: An interview with Pennie Brownlee
"Pennie: I think the first thing to consider is the human baby’s biological needs. These biological needs are genetically driven and they are universal in the human child. They must be met if the baby is going to have “a good start” and build “sound foundations” for their physical and mental health. These sound foundations are designed to serve them right through their middle childhood, teens, adulthood, all the way to elderhood. This ‘good start’ is not only best for baby, it also the foundation for the health of the society this person lives in.
What we are experiencing in many countries - including New Zealand and Singapore - is that babies’ needs come at the bottom of the list, after the needs of employers, businesses and the country’s GDP. It leaves both babies and society at risk when countries restructure their ‘social considerations’ to serve an inanimate ideologically driven construction called 'the economy'. ..."