Hi, I haven’t dropped in here just to chat for a while. I’ve had an interesting couple of weeks thinking, planning, and working on a couple of projects partly as a result of my attendance at the Catholic Digital Media Conference. That experience really gave me the impetus to begin working towards some things I’ve had in mind for…
Tag: parenting
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…
Cheapskate school holiday challenge
A recent Sydney Morning Herald article about the huge range of holiday activities on offer for kids these days suggested that the cost of feeding and entertaining children during holidays is around $100 per day. It featured three typical Sydney families spending roughly this amount – one with three children, one with four, and one with five. This was just the cost of doing…
For parents, it pays to be cheerful!
This is from a recent column published in TheCatholic Weekly: Peter and I went to a dinner and talk held at Campion College last week where the speaker was Dr Andrew Mullins, the headmaster of Wollemi College, a western Sydney independent Catholic boys’ school, and the author of Parenting for Character. Dr Mullins shared…
Marilyn Rodrigues 