Happy Families Articles

Smacking is one of those topics in parenting that never really goes away. It’s always in the headlines or creating some kind of provocation on social media. The reason? There’s a disconnect. A ...

I don’t like to deal with absolutes… always, never, everything, nothing. After all, I’m a research scientist. For people like me, I prefer statements like “it depends”. I try to avoid being ...

In late 2019, shortly before COVID-19 began to do its damage, I was in a coastal NSW high school talking to students in Grades 9 and 10 about the latest alcohol statistics. Those stats tell a very ...

This blog is in partnership and sponsored by Nutricia. Social skills are a critically important component of strengthening our children’s emotional immunity to life’s big challenges, and for ...

For the past two years I’ve written a behind-the-scenes, take-a-peek-under-the-hood kind of annual review so you can see what it is like to be both immersed in talking about having a happy family ...

I’m a pretty keen reader. After being inspired by Todd Kashdan’s annual book review, I started my own last year. A few things to be aware of before reading. I don’t care what year the ...

This blog is in partnership and sponsored by Nutricia. Ensuring our children have great nutrition allows us to help them be strong and healthy. As parents, we encourage them to be active, get ...

This blog is in partnership and sponsored by Nutricia. If you have a young child you know that it’s nearly impossible to keep them from touching, smelling and licking nearly everything they come ...

In March 2020 Western Australia shut its borders. While there may be well-meaning policies behind the border closures, there’s no escaping the fact that this decision has irrevocably changed ...

In Australia, two-thirds of parents are both working and raising young children. And many of those families are turning to grandparents to fill the vital role as carers for their kids. In fact, almost...