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Meet Rob Kenney: “Internet Dad” + Cure for Fatherlessness

Fatherless father-of-two Rob Kenney has earned the “internet dad” title after millions tuned into a dad-help YouTube channel he created in April 2020. Kenney’s simple “Dad, How Do I?” vlog now has 3.83 million subscribers with over 18.4 million views. The 58-year-old social media “influencer’s” 30-year-old daughter Kristine Ponten attributes his popularity to COVID-19 lockdowns, stating, “I don’t think it would’ve gone viral in another circumstance. It is definitely pandemic-specific regarding ...

By Rod Lampard|2022-03-04T22:47:28+10:00March 4th, 2022|NEW DADS, Dads, FAITH, FAMILIES, GRAND DADS|0 Comments

Tips on Working From Home With Kids

Basic pointers on how to juggle working from home while parenting your children. Flexibility is key. Most people started working from home with kids during the pandemic and set up a home office of some sort. I’ve worked from home for many years, and most of the time it’s been with kids at home. If you’re in self-isolation, here are my tips on how to navigate working from home. 1. Create ...

By Rebecca Senyard|2022-03-02T16:43:38+10:00March 3rd, 2022|MOTHERS, Children, FAMILIES|0 Comments

Watching Cricket Together

Life with a baby turns regular activities into entirely new and wonderful experiences. It’s hard to believe so much time has passed. My son, Seth, is now ten weeks old, and so intelligent he’s bound to make a future Prime Minister. (Not that I’m biased!) Recently, I reflected on my experiences during Seth’s birth. A heap has happened since then. He’s grown, developed skills, changed appearance, and I’ve learned there is ...

By Darrin Collier|2022-08-12T10:51:04+10:00February 24th, 2022|NEW DADS, Babies, Dads, FAITH, FAMILIES, LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

Field Trips: The Benefits for Dads and their Kids

Field trips bring lasting benefits for fathers and their children, providing life lessons and character-building opportunities. If like me, you were a kid in the 1980s, chances are you remember watching The Waltons. The two-story white house, Mary-Ellen, John-Boy, the sawmill, Ike and the general store; the yellow rumble-seat car, the ‘recipe,’ the Baldwin ladies, and John Walton Snr calling out “Good night, everybody” at the close of every episode. There ...

By Rod Lampard|2022-02-24T09:53:10+10:00February 24th, 2022|HOMESCHOOLING, Children, Dads, FAMILIES, GRAND DADS, NEWS, RESEARCH & SCIENCE|2 Comments

Expanding Your Capacity

When you are juggling family and work responsibilities at full capacity, is there still room for giving back to your community? Once a month, on a Sunday afternoon, we head out to our ‘connect group’ as part of our church. Connect Group is a group of families that meet together to hang out, talk about life, pray for each other and be a support to each other during a busy season ...

By Rebecca Senyard|2022-02-17T09:34:17+10:00February 17th, 2022|MOTHERS, FAITH, FAMILIES, LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

Finding Option 3

Even when you are overwhelmed by unforeseen messes, it is possible to choose to laugh at the situation and carry on. It always happens when you’re at your most tired and looking after the kids by yourself. One or multiple children engage in a maddening act that would be enough to make a grown man cry. This happened to me yesterday. It was the end of a very busy patch with ...

By Annette Spurr|2022-02-14T21:42:52+10:00February 15th, 2022|MOTHERS, Children, FAMILIES|0 Comments

Parenting Styles – Which One is Best?

An examination of various parenting styles and reflection on our own modes of parenting, can be very beneficial in honing our parenting skills for the sake of our children as they grow and mature under our guidance and discipline. Two of the best parenting styles are ‘democratic’ and ‘authoritative’. The bare-bones definition of the democratic parenting style is, ‘Allowing a fairness and respect to develop between child and parent. It involves ...

By Rod Lampard|2022-02-11T23:35:36+10:00February 11th, 2022|NEW DADS, Children, Dads, FAMILIES|0 Comments

12 Reasons Why Being a Bad Mum Makes Me a Good Mum

On the weekend I headed to see the movie Bad Moms with a group of school mums whom I just love hanging out with and getting to know. Let’s be honest, there was bad language and themes that were definitely for adult eyes only. But the movie pointed out something that all of us mums need to know -- we don’t really have it all together, no matter what type of ...

By Rebecca Senyard|2022-02-10T07:33:07+10:00February 9th, 2022|MOTHERS, Children, FAMILIES|0 Comments

How Your Child Views the News

If you’re struggling to cope with the graphic details and images you’re exposed to in the media (cyclones, acts of terrorism and violence), imagine what must be going through the minds of your children. Children contend with these images according to their age and development. Little ones will often mix what is real with make-believe, so they aren’t really aware of the “disaster”, but they can see that people are upset ...

By Annette Spurr|2022-02-08T09:15:57+10:00February 8th, 2022|Children, FAMILIES, MOTHERS|0 Comments

Homeschooling – the Challenges & the Benefits

Consider the benefits of homeschooling your children. The challenges are worth the effort to raise independent thinkers of solid faith and good character, with a firm foundation. I know a lot of people baulk at the prospect of homeschooling their kids. Visualising the idea is hampered by what looks like a monumental mountain of details. I won’t lie. Having homeschooled for 12 years, the sheer size of the task is daunting. ...

By Rod Lampard|2022-02-05T16:33:21+10:00February 7th, 2022|Dads, Children, FAMILIES|2 Comments