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It couldn't be... chicken pox?
It started with a little rash under one arm. I didn't think much of it at the time as the kids are generally a wheezing…
Who calls their kid an idiot?
One thing that is great about being a parent of young children in New Zealand is that we are generally very well served…
New Wiggles wobbles
On Sunday afternoon, when Greg, Jeff and Murray Wiggle told an Auckland crowd of hyped-up toddlers and their weary parents…
Keeping Mum: Infanticide too common
Infanticide is abhorrent to most, but sadly it's incredibly common, writes Dita Di Boni.
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Keeping Mum: Nesting in with the Ridges
If the intention of Jaime and Sally is to be self-deprecating, kind of like a parody, they've certainly…
Keeping Mum: When do you stop being naked in front of your kids?
When kids are young you tend to think they won't remember things. But they become increasingly aware.
Keeping Mum: 'Just when you think we're getting somewhere with child abuse...'
When we think people are beginning to wake up to the various forms of violence that can destroy a child's life; when 'tougher…
Keeping Mum: Tying up fertility's loose ends
There comes a time in every mum's life when she contemplates life after the child birthing phase.
Dita De Boni: Is sitting on your chuff akin to having a puff?
News that working past your eighth month of pregnancy has the same effect on your unborn child as smoking…
Keeping Mum: Praising mums who manage solo
I truly, truly do not know how single mothers manage more than one child on their own for any length of time. Same goes…
Dita De Boni: A teen's lesson on infertility
A columnist in the UK's Guardian newspaper has this week bemoaned the fact that high schoolers are taught how to avoid…
Dita De Boni: Early starts. 'Damn it all to hell.'
A university friend of mine who I don't see very often came to see me this weekend and when I opened the door to her, I…
Keeping Mum: Do parenting tips grind your gears?
Admittedly the Daily Mail is not quite the New York Times for the quality of its reporting, but it was easy to believe…
Keeping Mum: Losing your sex appeal
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When you've been at home for a while with young children the days take a certain, often laborious pattern;…
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