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Transitioning from tween to teen responsibilities
Our young teens often ‘feel’ like adults, but as parents, we habitually still treat them like kids. The fact is, they are still ‘kids’ in some respects, but they are also growing up and evolving into...
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Lunch box ideas – it doesn’t have to be so hard!
School lunches… I can hear you groaning from here. They are one of those chores that causes a lot of worry and stress. I believe that we, as parents, put a lot of pressure on ourselves to produce...
View ArticleMy daughter is ill and it’s killing me…
My heart died a little bit when my daughter got ill and my arms could not comfort her. When she looked at the light, and turned towards the darkness and ran. My daughter is ill. She is ill with...
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Decorating your home this Christmas
I have been thinking about traditions, and family, and how to make the effort lately. It’s easier not to make the effort. You feel the desire not to make the effort right through to your bones when...
View ArticleBlended families: taking resentment out of sibling relationships
One of the major challenges within your blended family will be how to bond your stepchildren with your own children. We all have that ideal fantasy, The Brady Bunch blended family: where at the end of...
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Is your teen’s world really that different to yours?
You hear all the time: “We live in a different world these days”… Yes, that’s true in some ways… but maybe not as much as you think. I’ve been thinking about things that are ‘different’… but the same,...
View ArticleCycling with the family this summer
A common question parents ask cycling instructors is “how will my child become more confident on a bike?” In preparation for Bike Wise Month in February 2016, cycling instructor Marilyn Northcotte...
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Tips for starting the high school year
We are flying head first into the depths of 2016 and if you are like us, we are cracking into the start of another new crazy full-on school year. I have a teen now in Year 12…I know, how did we get...
View ArticleTake back power over devices (and earn your children’s respect)
What a cruel end to a lazy, warm summer! Kids’ feet cramped by shoes; t-shirts and togs replaced with stiff uniforms, and parents girding themselves to become disciplinarians again. Where we had been...
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Negotiating teen birthday parties
We have thrown some cracker birthday parties over my teen’s 15 year existence and hosting them is a lot of fun albeit kinda chaotic and exhausting! To have your child look you in the eye after all kids...
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Young Kiwis working hard for a safer internet
13 year old Molly Redican recently presented at Facebook Headquarters in Melbourne, and wrote about her experience exclusively for Kiwi Families. On February 7 (Safer Internet Day) Facebook invited...
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How to Get Rid of Eczema – Advice from 100 Kiwi families
In response to a reader comment on our What is eczema article, Kiwi Families reached out to our wonderful Facebook community for advice. We had such a great response, with over 100 people jumping in to...
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How to Make Sure Your Vegan Teen Gets all the Nutrients They Need
It can be scary for some parents when their teen decides to go vegan. For many parents a vegan diet is quite foreign, and lots of parents worry their teen isn’t going to get enough nutrients. Here’s...
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6 Novel Period Party Ideas
Period Parties are all about celebrating this important milestone into womanhood. Commonly celebrated in many cultures around the world, it seems the Western culture is only just now catching up. For...
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