Sometimes, when I give a seminar that involves teaching our children to do as they are told, a question comes up early on. I have…

Mark Leishman’s had a long and varied career as a New Zealand radio and TV broadcaster. Here’s his ten top tips for developing respect…

Dietary iron is something we all need but women, children and teenagers commonly eat less iron than they need. In New Zealand it is…

Earlier this year I was invited to be the nutrition judge for a competition for our local restaurants. Our local paper (the Bay of…

I live in a world surrounded by males. With six brothers and no sisters, four sons and no daughters and a husband, you could…

I always remember a pop song of the early 60s. I would have been about six years old but the song was called My…

Unfortunately, when it comes to our teeth, we’re not like sharks – we don’t have 3 rows of teeth and we can’t grow a new…

I was deeply disturbed when I heard that another child had been abused and was in a serious condition in Starship hospital. I can’t…

About seventeen years ago, I read a book which impressed me greatly and turned upside down my thinking about how to raise children. The…

I’m sure many of you reading this column are working mums (or working dads, for that matter). It’s hard, isn’t it? You try to…