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13 May 2013 by not a wild hera
Thanks to Kiwi Families editor (and regular here) Rochelle, who spoke about Mother’s Day on Radio Live yesterday, and Lawrence’s …
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Category: consumerism, culture, kids, language, motherhood
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Tags: Anna Jarvis, apostrophes, Kiwi Families, Mothers' Day, National Geographic
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11 May 2013 by not a wild hera
Mothers’ Day: a day for great ambivalence. (And yeah, that’s where I put the apostrophe, as the best of the …
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Category: church, community, consumerism, culture, grief, home, infertility, kids, motherhood, music, pastor, rant, video
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Tags: Mothers' Day
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8 May 2013 by not a wild hera
Thanks to A Mighty Girl’s Facebook feed for this contribution to the saga of retailers insisting on labelling toys for …
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Category: boys and girls, consumerism, feminism, hilarity, kids, marketing, rant, social media, toys
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Tags: A Mighty Girl, Boots, toy shops
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18 April 2013 by not a wild hera
I first encountered Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty a few years ago with this striking video showing the (tenuous) relationship …
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Category: body image, communication, consumerism, emotional well-being, feminism, media, social media, well-being
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Tags: advertising, Annie Leonard, Campaign for Real Beauty, Dove, The Story of Stuff, Unilever
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9 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Playschool, Rainbow, Sesame Street: I could still sing you the theme songs. The Muppets. The Smurfs, though I was disdainful …
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Category: arts, body image, communicating with kids, community, consumerism, culture, health, kids, media, media and gender, money, parenting, play, sexism, sexualisation of children, social media, technology, teenagers, television, toddlers, violence, well-being
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26 March 2013 by not a wild hera
You’d think the task of ‘explaining Easter’ would not be a tough one for a minister. Hm. I have the …
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Category: Bible, blogging, church calendar, consumerism, culture, depression, Easter, kids, pastor, rant, spirituality, writing
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Tags: Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, Kiwi Families, penal substitution, the meaning of Easter
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4 January 2013 by not a wild hera
You can tell by the volatile weather, road closures and slow news days that it’s the middle of the summer …
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Category: babies, communicating with kids, consumerism, eco, health, money, parenting, pregnancy
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Tags: cloth nappies, cloth wipes, diapers, disposable nappies, drying, Ecobots, elimination communication, environment, Itti Bitti, landfill, laundry, Lulastic, nappy-changing, reusable, routine, soapnuts, Tots Bots, washable, washing, waste, wet-bags
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31 December 2012 by not a wild hera
I can’t resist a request. Daina owes me a Manifesto Confession for this post! (I also work for chocolate.) Daina …
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Category: books, communicating with kids, consumerism, kids, money, parenting, teaching financial literacy
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Tags: Daniel Carney, financial advice, Foster Cline, Jim Fay, Kiwi Families, Parenting with Love and Logic, patchwork parenting, pocket money
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14 December 2012 by not a wild hera
I’ve never had a December like this one. Impressed with a friend’s insightful comment on Facebook about a school prizegiving …
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Category: Advent, Christmas, church, consumerism, culture, food, pastor, school, spirituality
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Tags: busyness, December, extracurricular activities, Facebook, holidays, Making Room for Life, nativity play, Northern Hemisphere, parties, Randy Frazee, schedules, Southern Hemisphere
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27 November 2012 by not a wild hera
Richie McCaw, the All Black captain some call the best rugby player ever, has a plan for winning the next World …
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Category: books, consumerism, culture, emotional well-being, sabbath, self-care, spiritual practices, spirituality
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Tags: All Black, busyness, Buy Nothing Day, Exodus, Israel, Keeping the Sabbath Wholly, Marva Dawn, perfectionism, Pinterest, rest, Richie McCaw, sabbatical, slavery, Ten Commandments
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