Dealing with squabbling
Ian Munro shares some tips on how to deal with squabbling children.
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Hooray for Henry
Hooray for Henry
A council in the UK is taking the lead in tackling childhood obesity, writes Ian Munro.
Out and about
Out and about
We're heading to the colder time of the year, but there's still no reason why youngsters shouldn't spend a good part of each day outside, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
We must join fight for future
We must join fight for future
We must give our children a sustainable environment, favourable to human existence, says parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Children need their own niche
Children need their own niche
It's important that we allow our youngsters to carve out their own niche and are watching for ways to support them, writes Ian Munro.
Fairness for middle kids
Fairness for middle kids
The middle child can often get caught in a no-man's land of sorts.
The long six years
The long six years
For parents, sleep disruption and deprivation doesn't last forever - only six or so years...
Tackling sleep time tensions
Tackling sleep time tensions
Time to talk about the little ones again. This week - bedtime, writes Ian Munro.
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.