After a winter in which chicken pox, gastric flu, bronchitis, multiple ear infections and every day…

1. Papa Don't Preach: Building faith in fatherhood (6 comments)

On November 6, 2012 I did something I almost never do; I ignored the pleas and whining of kids clamouring for children's…

1. First lady: Change is hard and slow

There are various schools of thought about how much after-school activity is a good idea. Some parents believe in letting…

1. Keeping Mum: How much time is spent on household admin? (19 comments)

That these dolls stir up quite the negative reaction they do is a sorry comment on the prevailing views of breastfeeding…

1. Babies yawn in the womb

Of all the trying times of toddlerhood, one that I continually hear griped about - and one I am currently…

1. Early birth delays wedding

Barely a week goes by in New Zealand without us having to relive the nightmare inflicted on one or other New Zealand toddler…

1. Shelley Bridgeman: Public pools - 'festering cesspits of infection' (39 comments)

It never fails to amaze me that children, who already have fairly easy access to sweets, can be so excited at the prospect…

1. Toy Story set for Halloween scarefest

The other day Ali and I went out to a dinner party, which was rare enough as it was, and when the hosts left the room to…

1. Dads need to step up (62 comments)

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…

1. Pies and cookies still fill tuck shops

One thing that is great about being a parent of young children in New Zealand is that we are generally…

1. In favour of all-girls education (48 comments)