For most first-time parents, we focus on the pregnancy, reading “what to expect when your expecting”, religiously following the size of our fetus “grape, apple, pear, peach, grapefruit and “look darling! This week we grew fingernails – awww”. We prepare ourselves for birth, knowing full well that birth will be painful – but when the time arrives, the pain is nothing like what people have tried to explain – and neither is what happens once your baby arrives and all the wonderf

Once our children start school, it’s a place they spend half their waking hours throughout the school week. As parents, we need to make sure that we are choosing a school that adequately caters to their needs, and provides them with the best chance of being happy and successful young people. Sadly, choosing a school is one of the decisions parents feel pressured to make very early. Regardless of whether you are a fan of elite private schooling, public schooling, or schooling

While adults have long enjoyed the benefits of practicing yoga, it’s now time for your children to also enjoy this relaxing and nourishing ritual. We are so pleased to now offer special adapted children’s yoga classes for those aged 2 – 17 at Whoosh Club, Level 1, 129 - 133 Military Road, Neutral Bay, NSW. Children and young adults are as much influenced by our society, and can take on all the pressures and stresses of busy lives – just as adults – and introducing yoga can he

Kindy graduation: a participation award, setting our kids up for failure Kindy graduations really get me riled up. A graduation gown and a mortar board, not to mention a furled certificate and professional photos, for a four year old who has not achieved a thing, is ridiculous. It’s beyond ridiculous actually. It is this sentiment that is setting our kids up for failure. The child who overcame separation anxiety, the child who learnt to speak without a lisp, the child who has

Having worked in the travel industry for 20 years, 15 years mostly spent up high in the sky as an International Flight Attendant. Working for Emirates based in Dubai which saw me travel to some amazing destinations. Upon my return to home soil I continued to fly, flying regionally QANTASLINK to then work for QANTAS International as a First and Business Class Flight Attendant. Now with a family of my own, I much prefer the role of passenger with my family in tow exploring the