I was a lucky girl this week. School holidays freed up our time a bit and we spent a couple of days down south of Perth, between Mandurah and Bunbury where my father lives. It's a place that is super-peaceful and it's such a lovely way to get out of the city - a necessary thing to do from time to …
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Anxiety and pre-trip nerves: I still get them nearly every time I travel!
You might assume that because I've travelled a lot, and still try to travel as much as possible, that I'm totally relaxed about traveling and am entirely positive about the whole thing. Alas. I wish I was! The truth is, that for various reasons I can often feel quite anxious and stressed before a …
Multiculturalism when you’re a three-year-old boy
So, I've got a question - how do you teach kids about different cultures without emphasising the differences so much that being different starts to sound like a bad thing? This is something I think about quite a lot, because I'd kind of like my son to notice people first, cultures and races second. …