We’ve kept a diary for our two boys since they were born. I love looking back on it and reading, but it does facilitate comparisons between the two of them. I usually find that when I think D is drastically behind C in some developmental milestone he’s actually at aboutContinue Reading
There was an article in the SMH yesterday about how we are wired for aggression. Richard Tremblay, professor of pediatrics, psychology and psychiatry at the University of Montreal, says children are never more violent than between the ages of two and four. But with the help of their parents mostContinue Reading
Jody at Raising WEG has a fascinating post about boys and the toys they choose. She has much better comparison points than me (she has triplets – two girls and a boy), and has posted about her boy’s toy choices, and his peers’ reaction to them. One thing she saidContinue Reading
Our local issue is Graythwaite – a six acre estate in the middle of North Sydney currently used as a nursing home. There is a local campaign going on – posters everywhere, and stalls at all of the local markets. My four year old has been asking what it’s allContinue Reading
There has been a huge amount of publicity of increasing proportions of children being overweight and obese. The studies often add that obesity is much more common in poorer children, for a variety of reasons (including access to exercise as well as healthy food). So I’ve been assuming that whereContinue Reading
Nicholas Gruen in Club Troppo has devoted his weekly column to the housework issue – why do women do more than men? I blogged about this when he first posted, and this new column is far more nuanced, and well written. One thing he does do is find some researchContinue Reading
I’ve been comparing notes with fellow under five parents about Christmas presents – how much is too much? And what should you do about grandparents who must give their children huge presents? My parents and parents-in-law are pretty good. They make a big effort to give our kids something theyContinue Reading
Nicholas Gruen in Club Troppo has a New Year’s post on gender relations, which took me aback a bit. Not so much the post, but the comments. You have to read the whole post to get the flavour. My summary (which may be overly pointing out the parts that tookContinue Reading
In search of an idea for a post, I went looking on the ABS website for statistics about women and work. I got sidetracked into this fascinating summary of lots of different research they’ve done into work, families and childcare. I was particularly struck by a graph that shows theContinue Reading
Jody at Raising WEG has a great post about the relationship between children and society as a whole (sparked by a storm in a coffee cup in Chicago). It prompted me to try to find some research I’d read a while back about cultural differences in society’s attitude to children.Continue Reading
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