‘Prayer in the Digital Age’ by Matt Swaim, Ligouri, $26.95 In a technologically saturated world we have all struggled to balance the demands of life and stay abreast of emerging social media. This book is perhaps long overdue for a culture that is just so reliant on technology. Swaim’s book explores the way that the […]
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When we put on weight we acquire it in places relating to our body type. For instance a woman with a pear shape will put on weight around her hips and thighs first, whereas a woman with an hourglass figure will put on weight in almost mirror image around her chest and hips and a
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One of the arguments of feminist revolutionaries championed by Germaine Greer was that gender conditioning was alive and well in our culture and that it was a form of sexual politics. In other words girls are conditioned to be feminine, to like pretty things, play with dolls and play house and other such ‘girly’
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This is a relatively simple sewing activity that makes an excellent handmade present for little girls. You will need: 1m Fabric Elastic 5 wooden beads Sewing machine What to do: Necklace Cut two 8x1m rectangles from fabric. Pin right sides together and sew along long edges. Turn out the right way. Feed one bead
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The most recent Disney movie to be released in cinemas is ‘Frozen’ and already I’ve heard great commentary about it. Hailing it the best Disney movie since ‘Tangled’. I’ve also seen it described as the first Disney movie to show girls that they don’t need a guy to save them, this one’s about ‘sisters before
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Easy Dinosaur Costume My son asked for a dinosaur costume a couple of years ago now and I whipped up a quick costume one afternoon using some scraps of fabric I had no use for. It is still, by far, his favourite dress up costume and even his sisters like to put on the hat
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‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it’ has become the inevitable catch-cry when it comes to female fashion. A big busted girl is encouraged to wear low-cut tops that accentuate this feature; a girl with slim, shapely legs is encouraged to wear mini-skirts and hot pants. Makes sense right? Certainly there are a legion of
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Growing up I always felt as though we, my siblings and I, didn’t do enough around the house. This was something I was not keen to replicate with my own children. But the question remains, how do you encourage your children to help around the house from an early age? I don’t presume to have
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We are currently on the final countdown for baby number 4. Having just hit 2 weeks until our due date we are all getting more excited and, dare I say it, impatient by the day. From the 12 week mark we have always encouraged our children to participate in the new baby journey. They are the
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There is a trend at the moment of using sensory toys to help keep children calm, or in fact to calm them down. They are also useful for keep children quiet and have proved to be something of a wonder worker in our house – our eldest child has subtle autism spectrum features which means
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