My Grandma was a big part of my childhood. When I was little, I used to get on the bus…
May 2012
Healthy Families
When my first baby was born, I really noticed the fact that I began to be much more thoughtful about health- both hers and mine. In lots of ways, it’s much easier to look after your children’s health than it is to look after your own- they don’t have years of habits to undo!
During April and May, we’re focusing on ‘Healthy Families’ and looking at all aspects of health- including our physical, emotional and spiritual health. Check out the awesome blogs from our experts for some great ideas about having healthy families.
If you’ve got ideas about keeping you and your family healthy, we’d love to hear some of them. You can add a comment on any page and can be sure that we’ll read them with interest!
Healthy Families, everyone!
Rochelle
From the experts
Top tips for healthy internet usage
Parents are often bombarded with negative stories and imagery about the internet and it’s no wonder they are confused about…
Be prepared and get your family through winter illnesses
The autumn sun is still caressing us with its warming rays but the chill in the early mornings and the…
The secret to a healthy family? Stop trying to be ‘Supermum’
What I really recall most about my early parenting years with four young boys, is that I wanted to be…
Top 10 tips for healthy families
Healthy families have a warm emotional tone, where there is affection between family members and parents are role models for…
Health and diet
Staying healthy is something that is really important to me. However I am not a big fan of dieting. In…
Worried about your child’s weight?
Every day we see articles and reports on the growing impact of obesity on our nation’s children, it’s scary stuff….
Helping kids develop healthy attitudes towards food
“Why do I need to eat my broccoli, I don’t like it?” - Sound familiar? We understand because it was exactly those…
How to make your own heat pack
If you tend to have constant back/shoulder pain and need some heat packs on hand without having to shell out…
Healthy living, healthy families
I’m sure that this is not news to you, but health comes in all kinds of ways including environmental, social…
Health is not merely the absence of disease.
How did I get here? My journey to physical health transformed me from a firm believer that the only way…
How to make a stress ball
School holidays are over but there are still those days where it seems that nothing is going to go your…
Keeping financially healthy
Do you get stressed or worried about money? Have there been arguments in your household about money and bills? Are you losing…
Healthy birthday party options
I will always remember being invited to a party when I was probably 8 or 9 and to my horror…
Helping with those assignments
It’s every parent’s nightmare to have a worried teenager with a huge assignment due in the next day. We’ve all…
Healthy parents = healthy families
A note given to me by my beautiful daughter recently. A reminder of what is really important to her as…
