A Button night

A few weeks back some of the girls from the Con Christian Group came around and Jen taught us how to make button bracelets. I wanted to share some pics from the night, just because I had a great time and the results were amazing! Now I just need to talk with Jen about writing a tutorial.. after her exams.

What my Boys LOVE and my girl HATES

I have been browsing through our photographs today remembering all of the good times we have had with the kids over our 6 1/2 yrs of being parents. Something struck me today... not that I didn't know this already...but I am a visual person....about what our 2 boys LOVE to do and our girl HATES.

So here is a list of things I saw in our pictures:


Tattoos





Lots of Bugs










Digging Holes




Soccer, Cricket, Basketball, Skate board ramps
Lego
Jumping off high walls
Getting dirty

I am sure I have missed some, but you get the picture. My boys are your stereotypical BOYs! I am exploring this issue at the moment because our little girl is growing up fast and wants to express her girly-ness. I want to be able to get to know her as she develops and be able to find activities that challenge and interest her as she grows. She is so different to the boys and I want to encourage her in these differences. Next time I will post about what my girl LOVES that my boys aren't so fond of.

Emma Rush: The market is eating our children

After reading Getting Real by Melida Tankard Reist I have been following her blog with articles she has found or written herself from the media relating to the exploitation of girls and women. Her most recent post is titled:Emma Rush: The market is eating our children

Two helpful sites

My friend Ally has pointed me towards two helpful sites, for thinking through issues relating to the exploitation of women and girls.

Melinda Tankard Reist blog and Collective Shout website

To be or not to be.....Completely Shocked

I should not be shocked when I read an article titled "Under 7’s searching for porn".

Our eldest son, now 6, at 2 1/2 managed to navigate his way from the Wiggles website onto YouTube in the time it took for my father-in-law to go to the bathroom.It is so easy for this to happen. But I am shocked, when I hear under 7 year olds not only know such words but have access to visual images like these at their fingertips.

Writer Steve Kryger presents evidence from Symantec a company who produce internet filtering software.He presents some helpful ways to go about monitoring internet usage with your children.

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