Tackling sleep time tensions
Time to talk about the little ones again. This week - bedtime, writes Ian Munro.
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Baby products recalled over plastic contamination
Baby products recalled over plastic contamination
A range of teething and colic powders for babies found to carry a risk of choking on tiny pieces of plastic have been recalled.
Pre-flight training
Pre-flight training
It's important to teach your child the basics of everyday living before they leave the nest, writes Ian Munro.
NZ looking into safety of cradles after mass recall
NZ looking into safety of cradles after mass recall
The government's consumer protection branch is looking into a type of cradle that has been linked to over 30 infant deaths in the US.
Baby sleepers recalled after 32 related deaths
Baby sleepers recalled after 32 related deaths
Fisher-Price recalled nearly 5 million infant sleepers on Friday after more than 30 babies died in them over a 10-year period.
Comment: Wellbeing of all put at risk
Wellbeing of all put at risk
Parents who take the Russian roulette approach to vaccination are extremely selfish. It's not just the wellbeing of their own youngsters at risk, it's also the wellbeing of the community, says Ian Munro.
When travel is a bawl
When travel is a bawl
You don't need more than a warm smile to fly with babies, writes Eva Wiseman.
Touching on holding off
Touching on holding off
In our sexualised society the emphasis is pretty much always on pleasure rather than consequences and relationships, writes Ian Munro.
The making of a killer
The making of a killer
It takes a lot of hard work and modelling to establish the values of personal responsibility, empathy and consideration for others in our children, parenting columnist Ian Munro writes.
Age of digital class upon us
Age of digital class upon us
Bring your own device is fast becoming a requirement, or at least an expectation, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Bravo to teen activists
Bravo to teen activists
No wonder teenagers are beginning to make a noise about climate change - this is their future, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Reactions to new partners
Reactions to new partners
Summer can be a very relaxed and social time and a time when a single parent actually has the opportunity and space to meet new people in a safe, group setting, as happened recently to a friend of...
Let go - and enjoy their return
Let go - and enjoy their return
Families are preparing for the big move - teens off to tertiary study or work in another town. Parenting columnist Ian Munro shares some thoughts on what can be a tough time.
Avoiding the third degree
Avoiding the third degree
They've been back at school for a week or so now. How's it been trying to find out how the new year is shaping up, asks parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Ration that screen time
Ration that screen time
Get away from that darn television before your eyes go square.
The inevitable 'summer love'
The inevitable 'summer love'
Parenting columnist Ian Munro shares a few tips on "summer love" - when you discover that your little darling is now someone else's darling.
Sun protection a must in NZ
Sun protection a must in NZ
Our children deserve great summer memories, not a legacy of skin cancer in later years, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Time for water fun outside
Time for water fun outside
Another great summer and getting wet is an essential part of it, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Royals top rejected baby names
Royals top rejected baby names
The Royals enjoyed renewed popularity last year, and not just for their weddings.
Here's to our citizen-makers
Here's to our citizen-makers
Earlier in the month I attended a concert at the Wellington Opera House called Some Enchanted Evening and I wasn't just enchanted, I was spellbound, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.