EDITOR’S PICKS

Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 ways to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021
For most of us, writes Peter A. Heslin, 2020 was an exhausting year. The COVID-19 pandemic heralded draining physical health concerns, social isolation, job dislocation, uncertainty about the future and related mental health issues. Although some of us have enjoyed changes such as less commuting,...
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19 January, 2021
5 ways parents can remain connected and survive the transition to high-school!
Kylie Layton looks at how parents can remain connected to their children in a meaningful way amidst all the change and challenges that comes with puberty and the transition to high-school? It can help to have a loose plan of attack based on a few...
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19 January, 2021
4 Tips to help parents if Coronavirus has disrupted their child’s first year of school.
Will that set them back? asks Elizabeth Rouse, Students in the first year of school to Year 10 have been learning remotely and it’s estimated first-year students in Victoria in areas that have been under lockdown for some time have missed around 12 weeks of...
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19 January, 2021
12 Things To Do Before The Kids Head Back To School
Pull up your socks and pack your backpack - it’s time for a new school year. So we have your school to-do list sorted!
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19 January, 2021
Am I Class Mum Material?
Karen Miles just signed up to be Class Mum...what has she done?? Here is one mother's experience on becoming a class mum.
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19 January, 2021
5 tips to help ease your child back into school mode
5 tips to help ease your child back into school mode after the holidays Most children in Australia are going back to school this week or next. Children experience a mix of emotions when it comes to going to school. The holidays will likely disrupt...
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19 January, 2021

Celebrating Mothers

annabel crabb in the kitchen
Friends since their toddler days, Annabel Crabb and Wendy Sharpe grew up on the Adelaide Plains, in a small town called Two Wells. They shared a love of cooking, especially baking cakes that could be suitable for gala days or trading tables in country South Australia. The two mates that loved having adventures...
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14 November, 2020
Pregnant in a pandemic?
If you’re pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic, you might be feeling a unique type of stress, writes Monique Robinson. You might be uncertain about how an infection could affect your unborn baby. That’s over and above the stress you might be feeling about the pregnancy...
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03 June, 2020
Diabetes and pregnancy can be a tricky (but achievable) mix
6 things to think about if you have diabetes and want a baby and 1 if you don’t, report Freya MacMillan, David Simmons, and Tinashe Dune The number of people with diabetes is expected to increase from 463 million in 2019 to 700 million by...
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21 April, 2020
Coronavirus with a baby: 9 things you need to know to prepare and respond
If you have a baby, Karleen Gribble and Nina Jane Chad report you may be worried about them catching the coronavirus, particularly after media reports of an Australian infant diagnosed with it. The good news is, the evidence so far is babies almost never get...
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16 March, 2020