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‘The best place for young children isn’t nursery. It’s at home’
Retired head teacher Angie Jones challenges Christian parents to check whether their priorities are based on God’s principles or our consumer-driven culture.
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Opinion
Travelling with kids can be agonising but wonderful, here are some pro tips for making the holidays as painless as possible
Rachel Pearce offers her top tips for holiday bliss as she prepares to travel abroad with two very little people and a happy-go-lucky husband. What could possibly go wrong?
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Opinion
How to get your children to love reading more than they love screen time
Children are often glued to a screen and getting them to put it down in favour of a book is a difficult task. Here Isabell Fisher, co-founder of Little Hands Learning, shares her three tips for getting your children excited about reading.
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Opinion
However gifted my children are… I won’t let activities like football come before church
Mum Lucy Rycroft was delighted when her talented son was picked for the local football team, until she realised that matches were on a Sunday morning. Here, she explains why she insists on church before activities for her children.
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Opinion
The five “worst” Mother’s Day gifts of all time
Flowers, a spa day voucher…a rubber chicken? Rachel Pearce shares her all-time present lowlights.
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Opinion
How to speak to your children about balancing science and faith, according to a zoologist and children’s communicator
For those who’ve often dodged questions about science and faith, because it all seems too overwhelming and they’d like to get it right, Christian scientist Steph Bryant explains how to encourage your children to celebrate God through science.
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Opinion
How to speak to your children about the war in Ukraine according to a psychologist
It’s the job of parents to protect and inform their children, which is easier said than done when it comes to a topic as horrific as war. Here Lauren Windle explores the experts’ advice for navigating the tough conversation.
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Opinion
Saying no to a smart phone while my children were in primary school made all the difference
Clare Luther made the counter-cultural decision not to have a smart phone when her children were young. Here she explains the benefits it had for her family.
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Opinion
Instagram tells mums they’re overworked, under-appreciated and deserve more; Christ says you’re known, loved and will give you strength
Despite the constant messages that mums need ’wine o’clock’ just to get by, as Christians we know Jesus offers a radically different perspective and dialogue, says author Clare Luther.
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Opinion
‘There is hope for all our children’
Youth Mental Health Day prompts cognitive behavioural therapist Clarie Miles to reflect on an overstretched youth mental health service
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Opinion
It’s time the government started protecting children from porn
CARE chief executive Nola Leach calls for age-check porn legislation
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Opinion
‘I don’t know how to be your mum!’
Given the response we had to the piece on young people’s mental health in May’s issue*, we know that many of you have experienced huge highs and lows over the last 18 months in your families. Here, author Lucy Rycroft gives a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on children’s and parents’ mental health, and claims it was no mistake that God picked you to parent your kids
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Helping our kids to see God in the everyday
As we finally start meeting for coffee, going for walks and even having people in our homes, Joy Vee asks the Church to reach out to her teenage children.
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