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Children’s mental health is a rather terrifying topic for parents. It feels like mental health challenges are a dark cloud that could come over our […]

Many parents, like myself, have used every last drop of willpower to manouevre ourselves and the kids through the final few weeks of school, work […]

For about the last year or so, I have been watching as local councils and state government announce one new pump track after another. Some […]

A few years ago, I attended a talk by our previous CEO, Griff Longley. I remember Griff explaining to the audience that Australia had some […]

As a society, we have come to understand the unquestionable value of kids having a positive, engaged dad or dad figure in their life. When […]

Like adults, kids care deeply about the things and people that they love. For the animal and nature lovers out there (of which there are […]

I recently had the opportunity to provide a keynote presentation to a large audience of early years educators. Amidst my talk which covered the physical, […]

Every week I see different research articles highlighting the benefits of nature and unstructured play for children. At times I wonder if there is indeed […]

I have a theory that loud kids are happy kids. While it’s not applicable to all situations, it tends to work. For example, birthday parties […]

Last month I wrote about the importance of finding pockets of time in our kids’ lives for rest and relaxation. Writing that piece in the […]

The heat is here!  You know, that time of the year when you break out into an instant full body sweat the moment you step […]

I love the idea of Children’s Week. It is a national celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship, held in the last week of October […]