http://www.parentdebates.com/ Parent Debates by Tamra en Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT info@parentdebates.com info@parentdebates.com http://www.parentdebates.com/peace-and-quiet/ Do you have a sanctuary at your place? Somewhere to 'escape' to or recharge your battery. Do your kids have a sanctuary or simple space somewhere sans screen? Perhaps we're... http://www.parentdebates.com/peace-and-quiet/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/peace-and-quiet/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/precious-little/ It's amazing what you keep, isn't it. I was cleaning out the wardrobe in one of the kid's rooms and came across the little pregnancy tab that had confirmed my... http://www.parentdebates.com/precious-little/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/precious-little/ Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:23:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/power-to-the-parents/ Hey! Parents are somewhat united. Check out this article in the SMH - "Bigger Not Better: Sex Billboards axed". Quoted in the paper by their "marketing reporter", (what the hell... http://www.parentdebates.com/power-to-the-parents/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/power-to-the-parents/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:46:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/endings-departures-farewells/ As I was adjusting the viewing size on my screen yesterday, to an old codger 125% rather than the usual sprightly 100%, I realised I was getting older. I imagined... http://www.parentdebates.com/endings-departures-farewells/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/endings-departures-farewells/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:59:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/reasons-to-be-cheerful-pt-1/ Far out. Have you read the headlines lately? Switched on the news? Listened to the radio? I used to think it was just the so called 'current affairs' shows that... http://www.parentdebates.com/reasons-to-be-cheerful-pt-1/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/reasons-to-be-cheerful-pt-1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:05:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/watch-your-language/ "Hey look everyone: W-a-n-t l-o-n-g-e-r l-a-s-t-ing S-E-X!!!" and that's from the six year old in the back seat. Am I alone in being thoroughly OVER the billboard phenom lately that... http://www.parentdebates.com/watch-your-language/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/watch-your-language/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:32:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/passion-v-obsession/ Who hasn't dreamt of their children being up on stage at the Opera House, or competing in the Olympics or accepting a prize for something wonderful they've achieved. But at... http://www.parentdebates.com/passion-v-obsession/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/passion-v-obsession/ Fri, 23 May 2008 13:41:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/get-off-my-back-literally/ They say a watched pot never boils, does it work the same way with children? Does a child ever reach their true potential with helicopter parents hovering over their every... http://www.parentdebates.com/get-off-my-back-literally/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/get-off-my-back-literally/ Wed, 07 May 2008 03:06:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/its-my-park-and-ill-party-if-i-want-to/ "Okay, bring those Range Rovers over here - let's park them sort of corral-style around the tables and chairs and grab that bloody barbecue, no make it two, before someone... http://www.parentdebates.com/its-my-park-and-ill-party-if-i-want-to/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/its-my-park-and-ill-party-if-i-want-to/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:49:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/confession-betrayal-or-truth/ Okay, just for a moment, let's take off the heavy mantle of being a perfect parent, put our feet up on the parenting manuals and sift through a few home... http://www.parentdebates.com/confession-betrayal-or-truth/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/confession-betrayal-or-truth/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:07:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/say-please/ Hey, believe it or not my mug and a few thoughts on modern parenting were in the Sydney Morning Herald the other day. A delightful journo and I had a... http://www.parentdebates.com/say-please/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/say-please/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:43:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/stolen-our-childrens-futures/ I know this will come as a shock to many of you but there's a crazy new group out there going around robbing children of their future. Not content to... http://www.parentdebates.com/stolen-our-childrens-futures/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/stolen-our-childrens-futures/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:32:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/can-you-come-to-my-party/ To many parents, these seemingly innocuous words, directed at your young one, are some of the most feared on the planet... 'Can you come to my party?' Fine if it's... http://www.parentdebates.com/can-you-come-to-my-party/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/can-you-come-to-my-party/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:16:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/miranda-divine-is-definitely-not/ Ahh, my favourite, family-friendly commentator, Ms Miranda Not-So-Divine, has been at it again. Not content at pillorying the tired mothers of tantrum-ing children, (and championing the smack), she's now hittin... http://www.parentdebates.com/miranda-divine-is-definitely-not/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/miranda-divine-is-definitely-not/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:29:00 GMT http://www.parentdebates.com/demanding-mothers/ Jeez Lousie! Those mothers, ey? Not only do they want equal work for equal pay but now they also want good quality child-care, satisfying work befitting a qualified, experienced professional... http://www.parentdebates.com/demanding-mothers/#comments http://www.parentdebates.com/demanding-mothers/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:36:00 GMT