5 Tips for Caring for Sick Children

There are few things more stressful and anxiety-provoking than caring for sick children. Often, it is difficult to know exactly how sick a child is and difficult to get a complete and accurate picture of all their symptoms. The good news is there are many beneficial things you can do to care for an unwell child and support their recovery. 1. Seek Medical More...

WiFi and Kids Health – long term implications? By Dr. Kristy Goodwin
She’s the Director at Every Chance to Learn and an Honorary Associate At Macquarie university. Kristy’s a speaker who combines practical strategies with the latest research to empower time-poor parents and educators to make sense of this brave, new world in which they’re raising digital kids (without having to ban the iPad or switch off the TV).
WiFi seems to be everywhere today. But what are the long term implications on our children’s health? There’s some preliminary research, from a range of disciplines indicating that EMR exposure, especially for More...

Becoming a Health and Fitness Role Model for your Kids
Your child learns how to walk, talk, and interact with the world around them by watching you. So their health and fitness habits should be no different! The way you relate to food, whether you exercise (or not), More...

Children’s Health in a Digital Age – do we need to worry? By Dr Kristy Goodwin
She’s the Director at Every Chance to Learn and an Honorary Associate At Macquarie university. Kristy’s a speaker who combines practical strategies with the latest research to empower time-poor parents and educators to make sense of this brave, new world in which they’re raising digital kids (without having to ban the iPad or switch off the TV).
Today’s children often learn to tap, swipe and pinch before they’ve learnt to tie their shoelaces or ride a bike. They’re growing up in a world immersed in screens (no wonder they assume every screen is a More...

The Parent Coach – landed this role recently?
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Your child has expressed an interest in sport, so you happily register them and take them to their first scheduled training session. More than likely it’s your local club and perhaps even the club you played More...

11 Brain Foods for Kid’s Health and Cognitive Development
While a good variety of food is quite literally the spice of life, a healthy lifestyle and fitness are important too. Here are my favourite foods for brain development in children: 1. Fish – we all know by now More...

Choosing That Extra Curricular Activity
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The choices endless, the gains real, and a fair possibility of wasted money. I’m talking of course about the extra curricular activity. If you’re not racing off at least one afternoon a week to get More...

Little Big Sport – Sport adapted for kids
- The Parent Coach – landed this role recently? - April 1, 2015
- Little Big Sport – Sport adapted for kids - December 19, 2014
- How To Get Kids Active - October 10, 2014
Everyone appreciates that a baby needs to achieve small goals to get to the end result of walking and running. Without this, learning would not occur as quickly or successfully. Similarly, the schooling system is More...

Ten Top Tips for a Healthy Kitchen
A mum told me at preschool the other day how she discovered her son was allergic to peanuts when she gave him a peanut butter sandwich for the first time and watched him go into anaphylactic shock. Scary stuff. More...

Swim Smart
With Spring in the air and Summer on the horizon, children everywhere are looking forward to once again using their backyard swimming pools, jumping waves at the beach, or visiting their local swim centre. As parents More...