By: Stephen McAlpine
We had a staycation this year for our summer holiday.
By: Danni Synot
I don’t know about you, but sometimes life gets so full on it can almost make you as dizzy as a ride at the carnival.
By: Zoe Victoria
When the COVID-19 pandemic began shutting down workplaces a year ago, employees discovered the joys of working from home… with pets!
In March 2020 Western Australia shut its borders. While there may be well-meaning policies behind the border closures, there’s no escaping the fact that this decision has irrevocably changed people’s lives – especially for fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) families.
Dear Dr Justin, my husband has tried to take his own life twice in the past six weeks. He is now in hospital receiving care but I’ve just told the kids he’s dealing with some emotional problems and needs special help.
By: Collett Smart
The relaxing and lifting of restrictions in schools makes it sound like we’re on our way back to normal, yet ‘normal’ is a long way off. And our children know it.
We’re living in unprecedented times. Offices are shut, streets are increasingly empty, and some people are locking themselves away. The uncertainty that we are grappling with is challenging enough for us as adults, but it’s also hard on our children.
I knew it in my gut I wanted to be a mum. In fact, pre-kids I used to say I wanted five children!
By: Clare Bruce
According to Beyond Blue, anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia, and it’s experienced by over 2 million adults across the nation each year.
I’m sure there really are kids out there who are excited about heading back to school after the summer holidays. But I don’t know any of them.