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It is my life’s calling to communicate the magnificence of children, and to share evidence-based understanding about their development. You’ll find that here, with strategies for families to make life better!

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Sensing Baby

  • April 1, 2018
  • Family Times
Babies are born with incomplete brains. Many of us have received that memo, either through parenting magazines like Fami...
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Mind over Matter

  • October 1, 2018
  • OHbaby!
In the course of a generation, the world has learned much about the development of our brains.  We developed neuro-...
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How to do more by doing less

  • January 1, 2018
  • OHbaby!
Ours is a culture that celebrates busy-ness.  Although there is an increasing move toward recognising the value of ...
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Tend to your body, Mama

  • January 1, 2019
  • OHbaby!
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your attention.  In a world where our attention is as valuable as clean water a...
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An Open Letter to Dads Who Wish They Could Spend More Time with their Children.

  • January 1, 2016
  • OHbaby!
To whom it May Concern, Ngā mihi kia koe, May I begin by saying what a treat it is to have heard from you.  Too man...
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The Comparison Trap

  • May 1, 2019
  • OHbaby!
Back when American presidents used to be people worth quoting, Theodore Roosevelt famously said: “Comparison is the thie...
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Rethinking Screentime

  • October 2, 2019
  • OHbaby!
Here comes an article about screen-time.  Caution: there may be guilt.  Please, try to replace that with a cus...
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The Power of Love

  • January 1, 2019
  • OHbaby!
There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle. –...
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Growing Great Flatmates

  • May 1, 2020
  • OHbaby!
Beautiful Millennial Mamas: I am here from the future to deliver an important message.  In a way I am you, but with...
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Screen Free Week in New Zealand: Advocacy and Sass.

  • March 8, 2020
  • Screen-Free Week
When I graduated as an early childhood teacher waaaay back last century (it was 1994 and my hair was pretty massive), a ...
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Feeling the Feels

  • June 1, 2020
  • OHbaby!
The poet Robert Frost wrote: “The best way out is always through”. This is true of many things: from the mundanity of em...
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Bath, Jamies, Bed

  • January 1, 2020
  • OHbaby!
Once upon a time, a family welcomed a baby, and everything changed. In reality, this once upon a time happens time after...
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