Baby Essentials – What You REALLY Need
by Jacqui Owens, RDM co-founder
The list of things a mum ‘needs’ for her baby could be as long as your arm but the truth is babies do…
How to Get Your Child to Help Around the Home
Being clean does not come naturally to children. Helping to clean up around the home, being part of the family team, is a behaviour that can be taught.…
Child Myopia: What You Need to Know So Your Kids Have The Best Possible Vision For Life
As we get older, we expect that our eyesight could start to decline, but what if your child was diagnosed with a vision problem?
Myopia, sometimes kno…
Why is My Child Perfectly Behaved For Everyone Else But Me?
Many of us have learned social manners – to say “Please”, “Thank you”, “Sorry”. This is learned behaviour which we teach our childre…
Movie Review: Tully
by Kate Sawtschuk, RDM editor
When I saw the preview of the 2018 film Tully, I was not particularly keen to see it. It shows an exhausted and miserable m…
Building Relationships with Grandparents
Grandparents are cherished members of the family; their life experience and wisdom is invaluable. Many grandparents will say the love given and re…
Belonging and Feeling Accepted
There is a strong yearning within each of us to belong and be accepted, whether it be part of a family or a social group. Sadly, some people are not accep…
Sweet Sienna’s Brave Battle With Neuroblastoma
by Lucy Jones
Sienna was born in London in July 2007 and was a perfectly happy and healthy baby girl. When Sienna turned seven months, we moved to Sydney, as we …
Social Media’s Impact on Parenting
When our adorable bundle is born, we are not given an instruction manual on how to raise our delightful progeny. We guide our offspring through the ma…
The Importance of Dad Time
Until around the 1970s, there were mostly clear and defined roles for Mums and Dads. The Mother would stay at home or be the main caretaker and emotional supp…