The sugar hiding in ‘healthy’ baby snacks
A recent survey has found that many packaged snack foods aimed at babies can be up to 60% sugar. The products – some of…
October, 2016
Yoga: A little goes a long way
By Hannah Schenker Yoga is for everybody. Have you heard this little catchphrase before? Yet all you see when you log on to Instagram…
Top tips to beat the busy blues
By Ricki Harrison I feel like most of my life I am rushing. Always on my way somewhere, always just not on top…
What is an au pair and could it be right for you?
An au pair is a young person from abroad employed by a ‘host family’ to care for their children. Au pairs provide a live-in…
Finding the positive: Finding natural birth
This is the first in a series of stories for The Natural Parent Magazine by Emily Holdaway of Raising Ziggy Before I was pregnant,…
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Ingredients 2 cups/180g/6.3 oz almond meal 1/3 cup/30g/1 oz rice flour 1/3 cup/30g/1 oz cornflour (make sure it’s gluten free) 2…
In-Home Childcare Providing Support for Children with Diabetes
More and more kiwi parents are facing the challenge of raising children with type 1 diabetes. According to Diabetes Youth New Zealand, the number…
How what your kids eat impacts their schoolwork
It’s that time of year again! The kids are back at school and they’re ready to start learning…or are they? Â It’s important to make…
This mum’s “performance review” will have you reaching for the tissues
By Hannah Schenker This one is for all the working mums out there. The ones who despite having a new child, make the huge…
Dutch innovation at its greatest: The “Tesla of eco-villages”
By Hannah Schenker If you know anything about the Dutch, it’s that they are incredibly innovative and creative when it comes to where and…
8 ways to give your kids healthy habits for life
We know how important it is for our kids’ health, wellbeing and even schoolwork to have a healthy diet and active lifestyle. But how…
Hidden trauma in pregnancy-related losses
By Dr Kumari Valentine October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This month is significant to me because I lost my daughter on…
Raising World-Changers…second-generation unschooling
By Amanda Sharma When I think of doing school as a child, I think of sunny days spent hanging upside-down on the monkey bars…
Collect, Make, Explore: interview with author Jessica Wascak
By Hannah Schenker Here at The Natural Parent, we believe in children being allowed to be children when they are young. To freely explore…
Helpful hints for nighttime toilet training
First of all – you are not alone! There are thousands of parents out there with children that wet the bed. Just think of…
How to Protect You and Your Family from the Rising Incidence of Allergies
By Megan Douglas When I see how greatly allergies affect many families, I sometimes think that we are in the throes of a pandemic….
There is only one thing that will calm this crying baby…
By Hannah Schenker It’s fantastic when our children inherit our great taste in music, right? Maybe it’s from when they were hanging out in…
5 Ways To Take Care of Yourself Emotionally While Raising Your Child
By Dr Laura Markham “What I start to feel is not just anger appropriate to the situation, but old feelings I carry from the…
Allergy awareness and the pregnancy diet
Because you had an allergy free life, will your child too? For millions of people in the world today, a simple dinner at a…
How putting down your smartphone can save your toddler’s self-esteem
By Amy K. Williams As parents, we obviously want our children to start life with a clean slate and unlimited promise. We strive to…