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The Help: Teen Mothers

May 16, 2013 in Anecdotes, Children, Featured, Lifestyle, Mothers, Parenting, Pregnancy & Birth, Stories

How many times have you walked past a pregnant female who looks far too young to have a child and judged them in your head? I’m sure I have at some stage in my life, which is not something I am proud of. Society paints teen mums as ‘irresponsible’, ‘immature’ and often feeds the stereotype that teen mums can’t be good mothers. I have heard many people say “They just want the baby bonus, it’s about money. Wait till that baby screams all night, the novelty will wear off and the money runs out and it’s not so ‘fun’ anymore, [...]

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Schoolies: Rite of passage, or trouble waiting to happen?

November 27, 2012 in Children, Current Affairs, News, Parenting, People

Every year at this time, The Gold Coast braces itself (as do other cities) for the annual school leaver’s weeklong celebration that we have come to know as ‘schoolies’. It’s a time for Year 12 kids to party- to enjoy the fact that their school years are over, before moving on to either work or tertiary education. However, ‘Schoolies’ has a reputation for being a week where binge drinking, and both violent and risky behavior are the norm. Sadly, just last Friday, a 17-year-old girl lost her life after falling from the 26th floor of a Gold Coast high rise [...]

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Teenagers and a right to privacy

September 19, 2012 in Children, Entertainment, Fathers, Health, Mental Health, Mothers, Parenting, Society, Technology

Where does parental responsibility end and a teenager’s right to privacy begin? There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about a parent’s responsibility to monitor their child’s social media use. And fair enough, the Internet is a dangerous place and anything you post on there will be around forever. But I’ve been wondering at what point does your child gain the right to a bit of privacy? I’m sure you, like me, had a diary when you were growing up. Or if it wasn’t a diary, it was a book with a torch under the bedcovers. [...]

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Pregnant Teen Dies After Abortion Ban Delays Treatment

August 20, 2012 in Current Affairs, Health, Human Rights, News, Politics, Pregnancy & Birth

A pregnant 16-year-old in the Dominican Republic has died after being unable to receive chemotherapy due to an abortion ban. Doctors refused treatment for the teen’s leukaemia as the treatment could end the pregnancy, placing the life saving treatment in violation of the Domincan Constitution, which bans abortion. The doctors talked for several days fearing imprisonment and the loss of their medical licenses if administering the life saving treatment resulted in the death of the baby. At the time of her death, the girl, whose name has not been released, was 13 weeks pregnant and was admitted to hospital with [...]

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What Ever Happened to Kids TV?

June 26, 2012 in Books, Children, Entertainment, Film & TV, Parenting

I need help. Over the last few days I have been subjected to the kind of rubbish TV that kids are provided these days. Baby voices putting W’s where they shouldn’t be, beads of sweat on foreheads and open mouthed questions of “Huh?” while making a facial expression that would make even Einstein look like an idiot. And if I have to hear one more bratty child speaking back to their parent with an “Ugh, they just don’t understand anything” tone I am going to stab someone with the remote. What happened to all the shows that actually teach children about [...]

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Defining depression

February 29, 2012 in Mental Health, Society

DEPRESSION is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign that you have been trying to be strong for too long. Put this as your status if you know someone who is suffering or has suffered from depression. Will you do it? Leave it on your status for at least an hour. Most people won’t, but it’s Mental Health Week and 1 in 5 of us will experience it at some point in our lives. Does this look familiar? If you’re like me and have anything akin to a Facebook addiction, then it will. This blurb seems to make a new cameo every couple [...]

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