Imbalance of Roles
Census data shows Australian women spend, on average, 5 to 14 hours per week in unpaid domestic work, whereas men spend less than 5 hours a week. Women also spend an additional hour a day looking after children.
The No.1 Skill to Parent as a Leader
Whilst some see leadership as a role that heads up an organisation or a department, we as parents equally head up a family and a home – the main difference being we don’t get to leave our leadership role at home at the end of each day like we can if it were our job outside of the home.
Parenting as a Leader
It’s odd to think about parenting as a leadership role and yet anthropologically speaking they are the same.
You Are Not Failing
Do you feel that if you can’t make work and family work that you are not trying hard enough or somehow you are not good enough?
We Use Fitness Coaches, Business Coaches And Now Parenting Coaching is on the Rise
Hoogi Features in Mamma Mia. Written by Shauna Anderson.
To Screen Time or Not to Screen Time? Mandie Spooner Explains a Digital Detox
Parenting in the digital world – with so many conflicting thoughts, feelings and emotions when it comes to families and technology, it can be hard to keep up.
Parenting Jobs are Never Ending, However, Feeling Overwhelmed Can Be Helped. Watch this video:
Becoming overwhelmed with the amount of tasks on your list is probably every busy parent’s battle and probably a daily one at that. Demands from school, friends, family, business, hobbies not to mention health and financial concerns, all add up to put pressure on us. But it’s ok, as this is perfectly normal and becoming overwhelmed is also ok. So take a deep breath and listen to my strategy for coping with overwhelm.
Beat the School Morning Blues with this Simple Idea…
You’ve been up since 6 am, you’ve battled the getting dressed stage, wrestled through breakfast, hunted for missing hats, readers and homework discovered there is homework to complete and now, just when you are in the home straight, there is the small matter of rallying your troops to the front door and into the car without shouting, screaming or collapsing into a jabbering heap.
If You Have an Agreement on Who Does What Around the House, How Explicit Is It?
‘It’s the same old argument every week when my partner comes home from work and scans the room with the expectation that our house should be spotless, dinner on the table and homework done. It seems to be forgotten that I work too!’
Is Planning Too Much During School Holidays Best For You and Your Child?
It’s ok not to have a plan for every minute of the day – sometimes enjoying a simple activity like washing the car together can be far more rewarding and fun than spending money on a day trip…
Keeping The Love Alive With Your Partner Post Kids
3 practical ideas you can adopt immediately, to develop and retain the love in your relationship. Make sure you listen to Tip 3 – I share the activity my husband and I love to do together!
Creating Your Family Values
In our busy lives, it’s so easy to get on with things, get out the door in the morning, get the kids off to daycare or school, work furiously, get home, put the dinner on, eat dinner (sometimes before 9pm if you’re lucky or disciplined!), bath kids, put kids to bed then do a bit more work and flop into bed. And start all over again the next day. All the while, thinking…when will my partner think of some of the things that need to be done for the family, so I have at least a little time for me? Or how can I reduce the constant overwhelm of family stuff that needs to be done?
Teaching Kids About Love
Do you ever think about how to create little Valentines out of your children? What is it that will allow them to create a thriving loving relationship that enables them to go the very depths of their being and be vulnerable enough to share that with another person?
Sex Post Kids
As I write this I am on a short flight between Sydney and Melbourne, sitting on a row of three seats in between two males I don’t know. I’ve been having second thoughts about whether to write an article about sexual intimacy right now or perhaps write it a bit later when I’m not in such close company…
How Do You Handle It When Your Partner “Sneaks” Off….
Do you have times, perhaps on the weekends, where you are looking after the kids and your partner is nowhere to be found?