How to: identify and parent a gifted child
A gifted child has the potential to make a significant difference in the world, adding to knowledge, changing ideas, or …
Vegetable hacks for parents with fussy little eaters
As parents, we want our kids to be eating the healthiest food possible, but getting vegetables into them is often easier …
Tips for coping with toddler tantrums
Kicking and screaming, wailing and whining, foot stamping, floor pounding, arm flapping... No, it's not performance art, …
Imaginary play - Healthy or harmful?
The land of make-believe is the best destination for the world 's future novelists, scientists and inventors, writes …
The benefits of raising bilingual babies
Sarah Tennant talks to four Kiwi families whose homes have more than one language. Eleven-month-old Kien Jeoi technically …
Navigating bedtime battles, big emotions and more!
As a senior family coach at Parenting Place, Jenny Hale knows a thing or two about bedtime battles and big emotions when it …
How to grow great flatmates
For mamas raising the next generation, Miriam McCaleb has an insightful message that your future self will thank you for …
Praising kids: hot air or powerful parenting?
Is praise just a whole lot of hot air, or are warm fuzzies a powerful parenting tool? Psychologist Dr Melanie Woodfield …
My toddler’s first sentence was so, um, practical!
Fiona Roberton describes her expectations of her daughter's first words - and the reality. I can’t remember exactly what my …
Tips for helping your preschooler to read and write
Often when children start school, the three things parents want their child to be able to do is read, write and make …
When your toddler doesn't 'sleep like a baby'
Just when you’ve got ‘sleeping like a baby’ sorted, along comes your toddler, and bedtime brings about some new learning …
Things to do with the family in Wellington
Te Papa Address:Cable Street, Wellington Opening Hours:Daily from 10am-6pm, and until 9pm Thurs Cost: Free entry, fees may …
Top 5 spots for outdoor family fun
Here are our picks for the top activities for outdoor family fun in New Zealand's main centres. Auckland 1. Pools Parnell …
Fun things to do in Auckland with your family
We have updated our fun things to do in Auckland with your whanau article to take into account Covid-19 and its current …
Mummy, I feel sick. What to do with a car sick child.
“Oh no!” is the normal parental reaction when a little voice from the back seat pipes up, “I think I’m going to vomit!” and …
20 things to do for less than $20
Drawing a blank when it comes to entertaining the kids? Work your way through our list of tried-and-tested activities that …
How to survive a Santa parade
On Sunday 26th November mother of three, Pippa Henderson, braved the Farmers Santa Parade in Auckland city centre, alone. …
Safety for 3 to 5-year olds
One of the most important jobs you have as a parent is to keep your child safe and healthy. From the time that they are born …
The three basic stages of toilet training
When it comes to toilet training, some kids take a week, others, a year. At whatever speed you approach it, three basic …
Kiwi technology set to change pre-schooler vision testing around the world
Vision screening tests for children around the world may change as the result of a quick measurement system designed by New …
