Making it work best with routine
It’s strange times, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
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Helping them understand
Helping them understand
Messages we give children need to be factual and have a positive focus around family management of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Ian Munro.
Facing the music
Facing the music
Last week, police arrested a 19-year-old for, at the time of writing, failing to assist with a search warrant, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Figures of concern
Figures of concern
More boys than ever before are going through body image "crises". The Children’s Society (UK) reports that more and more boys are unhappy with how they look, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Eat well and set example
Eat well and set example
Any suggestion of an eating disorder should be taken seriously. If your teenager unexpectedly starts to diet, for example, you need to monitor what is happening, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Unhealthy appetites
Unhealthy appetites
Any suggestion of an eating disorder in a teenager should be taken seriously, says parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Preparing for new siblings
Preparing for new siblings
Ian Munro offers some advice on dealing with the arrival of a second child.
Don’t make a noise
Don’t make a noise
Even in the best run, most loving of families there’ll always be occasions when the new arrival means that the older child will feel left out, writes Ian Munro.
Food for thought
Food for thought
There’s pretty conclusive evidence family dining helps develop healthy family relationships, writing parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Insufficient vaping data
Insufficient vaping data
The advertising of cigarettes was banned in 1963, but the promoters of the highly addictive nicotine are back in a new guise with vaping, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Janus face of technology
Janus face of technology
Technology has made life busier and more pressured, but our children still need fom us the same unconditional love, time and protection that they’ve always needed, Ian Munro writes.
Christmas role changes
Christmas role changes
For a teenager, Christmas can be a case of "let me have my presents and then let me outta here", writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Toddlerhood: a time of change and challenge
Toddlerhood: a time of change and challenge
Ian Munro offers some advice on how you and your child can cope with toddlerhood.
Leading by example
Leading by example
It was not good news this week for teenagers: more than 80% worldwide are insufficiently active for the good of their health and New Zealand teens are close to the worst.
Supporting a boisterous kid
Supporting a boisterous kid
A few years ago, I wrote about a young friend who, for the purposes of this column, I renamed Sam. Sam is now in his last weeks of intermediate school and looking forward to high school next year,...
House rules smooth way
House rules smooth way
Having a young adult at home requires yet another adaptation of our parenting approach, says Ian Munro.
Supportive strategy best
Supportive strategy best
Bedwetting is one of those issues on which most parents seem to have an opinion, but no easy answers.
Set consistent rules on biting
Set consistent rules on biting
Even though it might be a phase, biting isn't something that a child can be left to grow out of, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Confidence is nurtured
Confidence is nurtured
There seems to be burgeoning entrepreneurial and political interest and activity in young people, both in New Zealand and overseas, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Many paths to reading
Many paths to reading
Preschoolers happily absorbing anything and everything - and it's a great time to get them interested in reading, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.