WHEN SHOULD YOU LET YOUR KIDS WALK THE STREETS ALONE? February 12, 2014Maria Comment I remember I was 9 when my mother let me walk to the shops on my own. It was literally 4 blocks along [...]
YEP, THERE WAS A SCREAMING CHILD ON OUR LONG HAUL FLIGHT October 11, 2013Maria 8 Mr M and I had been holidaying in France for the last couple of weeks and on our last leg of our trip [...]
MACQUARIE BANK – A FAMILY PORTRAIT July 22, 2013Maria Comment Recently I was invited by Macquarie Bank to an intimate event with Nicole Avery (Planning With Kids), Grace Titioka (With Some Grace), Fiona [...]
PARENTING AT 60% CAPACITY July 23, 2012Maria 10 Last week Ray Romano was a guest on the talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Romano was talking about his [...]
ROCK OF AGES AND ALL THAT JAZZ June 20, 2012Maria 6 On opening night last week I went to see Rock of Ages. I went by myself, but I didn’t care. I just wanted [...]
NEWS THIS WEEK 12 MARCH 2012 March 12, 2012April 2, 2012Maria Comment Our poor kids week aren’t doing so well this week. An alarming number of Year 6 children don’t know where cotton, yoghurt, cheese, [...]