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Coming up to the Christmas and holiday season, there is something that I look forward to more than anything – just sitting around, rather perhaps lazying around, and having fun, casual but meaningful conversations with family and friends. This Christmas is going to be a little bit different for us, […]

Creating Conversation Pits for Teenagers

4 Dec, 2016 in 2016 December contribution tagged #conversationsthatmatter / christmas / christmasconversations / conversation / conversationpits / family / friends / holidayseason / meaningfulconversations / teenagers / vitalconversations by Penny

There are many ways the word of ‘contribution’ can takes us… but what sprung to my mind was related to the family and in raising children, particularly through the teenager years when these young people are finding their own feet, developing their own thoughts and opinions and becoming the good independent […]

Forget the Chores, Contribute to the Family!

4 Nov, 2016 in Nov 2016: contribution tagged contribution / family / generosity / help / home / kin women / kinwomen / mums / no regrets / parenthood / parenting / penny webb / talk about it / teenagers / unforgiveness by Penny

When was the last time you had a rib-scraping laugh? A rib-scraping laugh overtakes your body, your mind, and your soul. A rib-scraping laugh ends in tears that leak down your face and stress seeps out of you. A rib-scraping laugh sees you roll on the floor, clutch your sides […]

When Laughter Keeps You From Falling Apart

13 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter tagged #elainefraserauthor / #fallingapart / #steverizzo / #tonimorrison / family / kinwomen / laughter / rib-scrapinglaugh by Elaine Fraser

I recently read research indicating that by 2011 fathers had nearly tripled the amount of time they were spending with their children as compared to 1965 (from 2.5 to 7.3 hours per week). No doubt this trend has been heavily influenced by research findings revealing the impact that a dad […]

What does a ‘great dad’ look like?

13 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized tagged dad / family / men by Kelley

The word depreciate is generally used in relation to a house or a car – and it’s not something we particularly like to hear. It is all about a reduction in dollar value. Depreciate can also mean “to belittle or to lessen the value of, by derision, criticism etc; to […]

Appreciate or depreciate?

6 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized tagged children / family / kinwomen / men by Esther Murray