As published in last week’s Catholic Weekly. Bath time in our house is a flurry of activity just after dinner where we try to get all five children washed and dressed in their pyjamas in the shortest possible time, except that one child is always slow to comply. (There’s always one, isn’t there?)…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
My last word on MasterChef Australia
….because it’s not massively interesting to me in an I-had-to-watch-every-episode way but it is one of the few TV shows we can all comfortably watch together – and we’re aged one to 40-something. After kind of trashing it here and here I’ve got say to that I enjoyed watching the final of MasterChef Australia last night. I haven’t watched all of the…
School bags, Ovaltine, and nailing the basics at home
My column as published recently in The Catholic Weekly. The school holidays are over and we’re looking at another term of school lunches, washing and ironing uniforms, homework, and Saturday sports. When finishing Year 12 I thought that was the end of the school environment for me. It never occurred to me that I’d…
Should parents smack their children?
Am I against smacking? Yes. Have I smacked any of my children? Yes, at one time or another. Few topics are sure to ignite debate among parents than that of physical, or corporal, punishment for children. Some people are calling for the resignation of Dr Kevin Donnelly, the co-chair of the national curriculum review, on the back of his…
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