After many years of trying to set personal goals in various ways and then failing to stick to them, I’m finally having some success. I can’t claim all the credit for this. To get from someone who has never been able to be consistent at anything, to someone who appears to be making the [...]
We should all encourage healthy eating in our children, most of us do that by making sure they eat the right things, but how many parents have you come across who report that their children will only eat junk food despite eating well in their early years? One possible reason for this is that they [...]
One of the most controversial parenting conversations I come across is how much television young children should be allowed to watch. The topic is heating up right now with the Get Up and Grow report coming from the Australian government, recommending that children under two not be allowed any television at all. This is generating [...]
I only need 3 iPhone apps to help me with my health and fitness and they cost me nothing. If you’ve got more then you may be focussing on the tools and not the outcome; you may be thinking of the apps as a shortcut. As I have said: there are no shortcuts.
Google “best [...]
This morning my wife was updating me on the problems some of our friends are having with getting their kids to eat. The child psychologists call this particular parental pleasure “food refusal”.
If you Google this topic to see what Doctor Internet has to offer you’ll see a lot of articles by ‘experts’ and a lot [...]
After many years of trying to set personal goals in various ways and then failing to stick to them, I’m finally having some success. I can’t claim all the credit for this. To get from someone who has never been able to be consistent at anything, to someone who appears to be making the [...]
I have come to the realisation that there are no shortcuts worth taking. I believe that advertising and marketing that tell you otherwise is snake oil; companies employing experts to convince you that they have the quick and easy answer to whatever ails you. Child not sleeping at night? Here’s the book to solve it! [...]
My wife and I began a family about 18 months ago. At that point I decided that I needed to bring together my thinking on topics such as health, lifestyle and parenting. I had no strategy to help my kids navigate this increasingly complex 21st century and I needed one.
It took me some time after [...]