Parenting Articles and Audio – Page 34 of 35 – Hope 103.2

Tuesday 7 Sep 2010 · Parenting

Council of Dads

When Bruce Feiler was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, it was time to face his mortality. As he thought through the implications of possibly dying young, he was overwhelmed with one major concern – who would fill the dad-shaped void in his daughters’ lives? As a result he formed the “Council of Dads” – a […]
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Tuesday 7 Sep 2010 · Parenting

Dr Gordon Moyes on Same Sex Adoption

With same sex adoption already legal in two Australian states, should NSW follow suit? Last Thursday the NSW Lower House voted 46 to 44 in favour of the “Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Bill”, and in the lead up to the final decision being made, we spoke with Dr Gordon Moyes from Family First – […]
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Thursday 26 Aug 2010 · Parenting

Parenting: Healthy Family, Happy Family

Do you have trouble convincing your kids to eat healthy food?  Do your meal times sometimes feel like World War 3? Nutritionist and author Karen Fischer has lots of tips for preparing healthy, delicious food your kids will want to eat. Karen has two fussy kids, but has found some clever ways to make the […]
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Monday 16 Aug 2010 · Parenting

Parenting: Breast is Best

There’s an entire generation of Australians who missed out on the benefits of breastfeeding during the 1960s and early 1970s. A new study from the Australian National University looks at the health costs of early weaning in Australia.  Listen Now – Dr Julie Smith from the ANU talks to Katrina Roe about why women weren’t […]
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Tuesday 3 Aug 2010 · Parenting

Should You Vaccinate Your Child?

Last year, Aussie Mum Toni McCaffery lost her 4 week old daughter, Dana, to whooping cough. Since that time she’s been swept up in a debate about vaccination and has been targetted by anti-vaccination campaigners. The Health Care Complaints Commission has spent a year investigating the Australian Vaccination Network and has issued a formal warning […]
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Monday 24 May 2010 · Parenting · Open House Interviews

How Nature Helps Kids – Including Those With ADHD

With the impact of nature on health getting more and more attention, we interview Dr Kathleen Bagot about 'Nature Deficit Disorder' in children.
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Monday 17 May 2010 · Parenting

Karyl McBride: Narcissistic Mums

If you know your Greek mythology, you probably know the legend of Narcissus. He’s the self-obsessed young fellow who died, gazing at his reflection in a pool of water – So in love was he with his own good looks, that he couldn’t tear himself away. The name has inspired the term Narcissism, used in […]
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Monday 10 May 2010 · Parenting

The Winter of our Disconnect

Journalist Susan Mouse-Hart is a mother to three Digital Natives: That’s kids born in the internet age, who’ve never known a world without the internet or digital entertainment. So, when she announced to her teenagers that she was pulling the plug on all electronic media for six months, you could have cut the air with […]
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Monday 19 Apr 2010 · Parenting

Learn to Ad-Proof Your Kids

If you’ve ever taken kids shopping, you’ll know all about the tricks designed to get them nagging for stuff they don’t really need. The lollies and toys positioned at eye-level; The alluring packaging; The must-have brand-names; The impulse items in the checkout aisle. And maybe you just accept it as one of the perils of […]
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Tuesday 8 Dec 2009 · Parenting

Christmas: Meet the Mayor of North Pole

In the middle of the US state of Alaska, is a little town called North Pole, with a tourism industry based around the theme of Christmas. It boasts a Santa Claus House, a St Nicholas Catholic Church, year-round Chrissy decorations, and street names like Snowman Lane, Santa Claus Lane, and Holiday Road. This little town […]
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Tuesday 8 Dec 2009 · Parenting

Are Children Losing the Art of Conversation?

As a speech pathologist, Annemarie Laurence spends her working days dealing with school-aged children who struggle to string a sentence together. Recently she wrote a fascinating column pointing to some of the common causes of speech problems in children, and among the causes she named, was game consoles. Those all-absorbing electronic devices that keep kids […]
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Monday 19 Oct 2009 · Parenting · Open House Interviews

The Sexualisation of Girls Debate

Nearly everywhere you look, our culture is offering us sexual images, on billboards, on TV, in magazines. There’s porn companies selling childrens merchandise; Video games that simulate rape and magazines forcing little girls to become sexually aware. Where once kids were passing notes in class, now they are sexting, sending explicit images of themselves via […]
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