Family

We all know our children should be eating well because food plays such a crucial part in being healthy. However, that’s so much easier said than done. If you’ve spent hours coaxing them to eat their veges or given into their relentless pestering to buy biscuits or lollies in the supermarket, you’ll know that kids […]

Dear Wendyl, oy friend has a gorgeous baby girl who was born six months ago. In the past few months, I’ve noticed she seems to resent her child, making comments about wanting to go back at work, telling me how bored she is at home and asking me how I coped when my baby was […]

Dear Wendyl, I am the mother of two school-age children and I really think I need to get some work to help pay the bills. My problem is that I can’t seem to find anything that allows me to be home at 3pm for the kids, because I don’t want them to go to after-school […]

Dear Wendyl,I went away for a weekend and I was sitting outside a café reading when a group of men began talking about their best pick-up lines. At first I thought, “They can’t be talking about me!” but I looked around and I was the only one there. I couldn’t think of anything to say […]

Getting your husband or partner on the same page can be a trial at the best of times – but it’s even more so when you are expecting and he’s always out partying

oost children have seen their parents a little “tired and emotional”, as I call indulging in a drink or two too many. But while we may be in control of our drinking, our kids can sometimes worry… Dear Wendyl, I’m 18 and lead an active social life, which includes drinking with my mates at the […]

Tips for pregnancy and birthing in New Zealand.When it comes to finding a book for Kiwi parents, The New Zealand Pregnancy Bookhas been in print since 1991, and has provided thousands of parents with information they need that is relevant for this country. With recent changes in paid and unpaid parental leave entitlements and the […]