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Why I feel sorry for young people: part 1
I was watching a music channel countdown of the top 20 hits of the 80s the other night. “Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles came on and it reminded me of the times I would get up early to tape music off the radio.
I can clearly remember one morning desperately waiting to tape “Walk [...]
March 23, 2010
Tags: technology, tweens Posted in: Parenting, Society 
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Disney Princess Complex
My daughter is heavily into the Disney Princesses at the moment. Ariel and Snow White are her favourites and she loves to dress up as a princess.
I flip between worry that this interest is going to give her unrealistic expectations about what it means to be a girl and her role in the world, and then [...]
February 24, 2010
Posted in: Parenting, Relationships, Society No Comments
Reasons why I was a bad person this past week
Five reasons why I was a bad person last week.
1. I found the news that Brangelina is allegedly breaking up to be a mood-lifter. Nothing like a celeb break-up to lift the spirits!
2. We were at the playground and a little girl and my daughter (similar ages) were climbing on the equipment. Little girl looked [...]
January 25, 2010
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting, celebrity 18 Comments
The kids’ bookshelf cannot be tamed
This great article on Australian news site The Punch mentioned something I have long thought but never heard anyone articulate before – children’s books are impossible to stack neatly.
See our bookshelf below (Note the Go Duster. It has become more of a toy for our daughter than used by us as a cleaning aid!):
Several times [...]
January 5, 2010
Posted in: Parenting, Society 7 Comments
In 2010…
In 2010 I have some resolutions. Oh yes, indeed, I do.
1. Go to bed earlier. I find that I stay up really late because that is when the kids are asleep and I can get some stuff done (mainly watching shows I have taped on my Foxtel iQ). I like to call it “me” time. [...]
December 30, 2009
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting 10 Comments
More Cherie moments, please!
Pictures of a very fresh-looking, PJ-clad Octomum, Nadya Suleman have appeared online and if these haven’t been stage-managed I’ll eat a Christmas card!
This woman has 14 kids and can manage to put on a face mask and have coordinated pajamas? (Not just any pjs – Stripey Victoria’s Secret pyjamas, as reported in The Daily Mail).
I’ll [...]
December 17, 2009
Tags: celebrity, Octomum, Parenting Posted in: Media, Parenting 8 Comments
Does pink really stink?
I have two young daughters and am very interested in the apparent sexualisation of young girls through media images and advertising.
My husband and I are careful about what is watched on TV, the clothes that we buy for them (No slogans like “It’s all about me” or “I’m a princess in training” etc.) and how [...]
December 8, 2009
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting 7 Comments
Too cool for (pre) school
My daughter and I got into a fight disagreement yesterday over the outfit I had chosen for her.
“It’s doesn’t look good mum. It doesn’t look cool!” she said.
She is three-and-a-half years old.
Once I got over the shock that she didn’t like something I had picked out for her to wear, I was disturbed by the [...]
November 27, 2009
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting 4 Comments
