Family Times - Dunedin - Summer 2014

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Siblings with different capabilities Reward effort, not ability, for family harmony.

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inside this issue

From the editor Contents Writing this column is usually the last thing that I do each edition, once I know that everything else is safely filed and I have a few moments to gather my thoughts.

Features

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ell, that moment has arrived, and I had a sudden realisation that we haven’t included a lot of Christmas content in our yearend edition. Not on purpose, not deliberately.

It just seemed that our editorial team had a wealth of other important topics to cover.

But with Christmas just around the corner, and Christmas/holiday planning occupying most of our minds, it seems remiss not to focus on it a little. Especially for me – I love Christmas! The lights, the music, the excitement of children’s faces, the holidays – it all adds up to awesome in my book.

Of course it’s not like that for everyone.

For some, it’s just become another commercial holiday and a reason for a break. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not exactly the reason for Christmas.

Christmas is about family, I hear a lot of people say. And yes, it’s a wonderful time to gather together and spend some quality time enjoying each other’s company. But family is not the reason for Christmas either.

My mother frequently laments that when she goes to buy Christmas decorations that she can find Santa and his reindeer - and oddly enough this season, owls - but she can’t find nativity characters for love or money. That seems peculiar to me, given that I lived 10 minutes from the Church of the Nativity in

Bethlehem for almost four years, and pilgrims from all around the world would queue up there to see the place where Jesus was born.

Now as Kiwis, we pride ourselves on calling a spade a spade. So whether you believe the nativity story or not, it is the primary reason for the holiday that we now call Christmas, and for someone who has a very soft spot for Bethlehem, I think it’s important that our kids are aware of the holiday’s true meaning, as well as all the other Christmas traditions we have invented over the years.

I know these days that we are supposed to be politically correct and say “Happy Holidays” and I truly do wish everybody happy holidays – be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid or something else. But I’m still going to say Merry Christmas.

Because that’s what it is.

So from myself and the whole team here at Family Times, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Enjoy.

4 6 5 Parenting kids with different capabilities

John Cowan from The Parenting Place shares his advice on the topic.

6 How to stalk your kids

Step into your child’s online world and beat them at their own game.

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Parenting expert Diane Levy answers your parenting questions.

13 Online ante-natal classes

Antenatal education in the digital age.

Comment 8 Kids’ corner

Competitions, games and reviews

Resource information 4 Spirit of Christmas 10 Calendar of events 11 Entertainment 12 Help is at Hand 14 School Term Dates

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Spirit of Christmas It’s that time of year to deck the halls and get into all the wonderful festivities that the Christmas season has to offer. Looking for some Christmas activities and events? Here are a few in your area to get you started: Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal This year the Appeal aims to collect more than 45,000 gifts that will be distributed by The Salvation Army to families that might otherwise go without. Simply purchase a gift of your choice, collect a gift tag from any Kmart store and place it under the tree.

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Toitu Otago Settlers Museum

Enjoy Christmas guided tours for preschool and junior primary school groups from 8 – 19 December, 10am – 12pm weekdays. Bookings essential, Toitu.educate@dcc.govt.nz. Family Christmas chill-out-zone, Christmas craft, toys dress-ups and more, 1-24 December, 10am-5pm daily.

Make your own Christmas decorations

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 13 – 24 December, 10am-4.30pm. Using the materials provided, make your own Christmas decorations and decorate our beautiful pine Christmas tree. Please bring a can for the Christmas food bank appeal.

The Great KidsCan Santa Run/Walk

A major fundraiser for KidsCan, the Santa Run concept is simple - a 2-3km fun run/walk in a Santa suit! On 3 December, 6.30pm, John Wilson Ocean Drive. Visit www.lacticturkey.co.nz.

Christmas Dine and Dance at Lanarch Castle

Gather your friends or work colleagues and celebrate the Christmas season with the Larnach Castle Christmas Dine and Dance on 5 December, 7pm. A lavish Christmas buffet and live entertainment.

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There are a range of hospitality packages to suit any group’s size, style and budget.

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Mary’s Christmas

The nativity story, seen through the eyes of Mary.

All profits from the show are going to Women’s Refuge. Playhouse Theatre, 11-12 December, 8pm. Phone 0800 BUY TIX (289 849).

Gloria - A Baroque Christmas

This baroque Christmas concert features works by Bach and Vivaldi, together with other shorter works by Buxtehude, Schein, Praetorius, Handel, Telemann and Clérambault. Knox Church, 19 December,7.30-9.30pm. Tickets: Leta 03464-0855 or Beggs MusicWorks.

Kids pop the first gifts under the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal.

Santa Parade

Join Santa for some Christmas fun along George Street to the Octagon accompanied by more than 70 Christmas floats. A Christmas concert for children will follow in the Lower Octagon. On 7 December, 3pm.

Family Christmas Eve Service

At East Taieri Church, 12a Cemetery Road, Mosgiel, 24th December 4.30 – 6pm. Family Christmas Eve Service including children’s

drama, dance and Christmas Carols, with free barbecue to follow.

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The Otago Woodturners Guild have a wide range of wooden items for sale including children’s toys. Eftpos, cash or cheque only.

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Parenting kids with different capabilities The Parenting Place creative producer/presenter John Cowan talks to Family Times about how to raise kids of different abilities.

Do parents tend to rate their kids based on their abilities?

“Inevitably that’s going to be the case. I think in general, most parents are aware that favouritism and rating is an incredibly negative thing: nothing feels as bad as believing that you are the least-loved child. But I think that it’s inevitable that parents will have a sense of their kids’ abilities, and the interesting thing is that the kids themselves are very conscious of their siblings’ abilities. Children with siblings that have a disability become very aware of this and very defensive and sometimes compensate or feel guilty for that.”

Is it a problem for siblings to play down their abilities to compensate for their less talented brothers or sister? Like perhaps handing a report card to their parents secretly?

“I think it’s actually quite a nice thing that brothers and sisters do. I’m sure that it’s not universally true but I do know that it happens.”

What kinds of abilities are perceived to be more important than others?

“I think parents are probably – now this is off the top of my head and not based on research – quite accepting of their kids having a wide range of academic and sporting abilities. The

thing that I think irritates them most is there are just as bigger variations in social ability.

Some kids are relaxed and funny and poised, and other kids are awkward, and I tend to think that parents tolerate that less well than the variations in academic and physical ability. If your kid is a bit rude, a bit forward or impatient, parents I think are much less willing to tolerate that probably because in our minds we don’t see that as ability, we see it as character and I think that’s sad. It is an area of giftedness and training.”

Do you think that every child has a talent or a gift?

“Probably a measure of this is almost a statement of faith: I believe that every child is a gifted child, even those children who have learning disabilities and developmental problems, they’ll have some ability that when discovered and polished up gives that child the ability to experience that sense of excelling.”

How can parents bring out the best in all of their kids?

One way is to allow them to try a bouquet of different things, especially during their primary school years. Try a whole range of crafts and sports and social outlets and those kinds of things. Some things may crash, and other things they may discover that they’re really good at. But you have to be bad at something for a while before you find out that you’re good at it.

The other thing is not to shackle your child with your own desire to have been a ballet dancer, an All Black or a helicopter pilot or something like that. I can remember my child,

my boy when he was 13, helping him get the money together for a course of flying lessons.

He did the course of flying lessons - he did 10 - he quite enjoyed it but he decided not to carry on with it. And I thought, “Why doesn’t he want to carry on with it? Isn’t this his dream?” But really it was my dream. I think we do this a lot.

How can parents make kids who are not excelling as much feel equally loved and valued?

Some people think, “Should we not celebrate the gifted child, because won’t that make the less gifted child feel worse?” I think you do celebrate the achievements of the gifted child, but you work extra hard to discover those areas where the other child excels as well.

Also, you do things like celebrate progress; you celebrate effort instead of just raw achievement. In fact, there’s some research that shows that there’s a huge difference between celebrating natural ability and celebrating effort. If you just celebrate and complement a child on their natural ability; their looks, their intelligence, their natural athletic ability, then that’s basically saying that what you’ve been dealt in life is your lot, and those kids with natural ability who hit some kind of obstacle think “well that’s what I’ve been dealt, I can’t do any better than that.”

Whereas, kids who have had their efforts celebrated rather than their natural abilities, they think, “I can tackle this. I can roll my sleeves up and work even harder.”

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How to stalk your kids Warning: parents; don’t let your kids read this article.

This is for you: stalking 101.

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nce it was easy. Stalking your kids meant an old-fashioned stake out, a covert room search or classic eavesdropping on private phone conversations. Your greatest asset was your intuition, and your greatest weapon your resourcefulness. Alas, today’s parents are faced with a vast terrain of unchartered online territory, full of pitfalls and traps. How can you protect your kids when you are a stranger in a strange land?

Parents’ greatest worries when it came to the internet were predators said NetSafe development manager Chris Hails.

“The number one concern for most parents is, “Who are my kids speaking to online, what are their motivations if they don’t know them in real life, and can they be trusted to be who they say they are?”” Hails said.

And that’s fair call. There is a reason why there are TV shows that are set up as “sting operations” to catch predators who use social media to get to kids.

Privacy vs. duty of care

But do parents have a legal or an ethical right to invade their child’s privacy? After all, there’s always a sneaking sense of guilt when operating manual stalking operations like eavesdropping or room searching, so is it okay to stalk your kids online?

“It’s a trade-off between the right of the child to privacy and the right and the duty of the parent to parent basically. I think what we tend to say is that the parent’s responsibility

to safeguard and to keep the child safe from harm pretty much trumps the child’s right to privacy,” said Hails.

And when it comes to internet safety, he added, the price of failure is too high.

“Digital citizenship is essentially a culture of responsibility in young people’s online behaviour.”

To stalk or not to stalk

Lots of families set up rules so that if the kids have a social media account, the parents have the passwords, otherwise the kids can’t use the computer. That’s in a perfect world of course. When then doesn’t work, or it’s already too late for that, some undercover parents set up a covert online profile and follow their kids on Twitter or “friend” them on Facebook.

Short of that there are plenty of online monitoring apps and programmes that you can install on your child’s phone or computer to control how much time they can spend online, which sites they can visit and the content of any text messages and emails.

However, no filter or site-blocking software is foolproof, and Hails says that they are not ideally used covertly, as monitoring without consultation can have the reverse effect of that desired.

“What we tend to encourage is that if you are going to go down the filtering or the

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monitoring route, make sure that that is backed up by a conversation.”

And stalking can backfire.

“If you start out trying to police what they’re doing, and they feel that they are being spied upon, what can happen is that the kids will go out and buy another mobile phone, or they’ll go around to a friend’s place and jump on the internet there, and they’ll end up sort of creating a second profile.”

Instead, NetSafe encourages all parents to have an open and honest conversation with their children about what they are doing

online and who they are talking to, and the earlier the better. That way if their kids have issues or concerns about behaviour or messages that they are receiving, they have an open door to talk to their parents.

“Make sure that you talk to them in a fairly frank and trustworthy way so that you don’t overreact and freak them out and they think “I’ll never tell Mum or Dad about that again, they’ll just freak out and take my phone away or they’ll stop me using the internet.”

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feature story Age appropriate stalking

despite the fact that the sites’ age restriction is 13-years. Added to that is that most For younger kids, filtering and monitoring intermediate age children have a cell phone is a good step when done in tandem with that often has internet access. So early those conversations, says Hails. He suggests education is the key. a family safety contract, in which online NetSafe teaches digital citizenship in schools. time is monitored and limited, and an open Digital citizenship, explains Hails, is essentially atmosphere is created. a culture of responsibility in young people’s As the kids gets get older, they instinctively online behaviour. It covers things like bullying, desire more independence. But just like ethics, and an inbuilt sense of what they teaching other safety rules like crossing should do. It’s about treating people online the road and not getting into the car with strangers, there comes a time when you have the same way that you would in the real world – and that includes stranger danger. to trust their responsibility.

For older kids, it also includes talking about “Young people as they develop want privacy, their digital footprint. As the latest Snapchat but as a parent you’ve still got a duty of care. saga of celebrities’ leaked personal photos has So if you’ve created a trusting feel around emphasised, even pictures that you think are the internet and you haven’t scared your children away from talking to you, we strongly private and short-lived are stored digitally and become part of your digital footprint forever. encourage that really.”

And the same goes for personal information That’s a sentiment that our Family Times that you transmit online. readers seemed to agree with when we asked them to post on Facebook about their kids’ online usage. One respondent wrote, “The parent’s “There is an age where we need to trust our responsibility to kids to make the right decisions. I guess that age depends on many factors as some youth safeguard and to keep require more supervision/discipline than the child safe from harm others. If we start young, then they should pretty much trumps the carry on that good behaviour. If we are loose child’s right to privacy.” while they are growing up and then freak out and start putting hundreds of restrictions around them, in the teenage years we can incite them to rebellion.”

“We encourage young people not to share photos of their bodies, not to put pictures Digital citizenship of them drinking or taking drugs up online Kids are using the internet at a young age, because that becomes part of your digital says Hails – some as early as kindergarten. footprint that people can search and find.”

And a lot of primary age children use social For younger kids, even from the age that they networks like Facebook and Instagram learn to spell their own name and learn their to have an online life and social profile,

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Vodafone Guardian Vodafone Guardian is a free Android app for mobile customers that lets you decide who can call or text message your child, when they can use their phone and whether they can browse the web, download apps or use the camera. You can set the phone to only accept calls from friends and family, block apps like YouTube, and choose who your child can receive text messages from. Visit www.vodafone.co.nz.

Apple iOS – iPhone, iPod Touch McAfee Family Protection ($49.95) This parental control software has unique media filtering and advanced activity reports. Visit home.mcafee.com. iOS free settings Maybe your kid spends way too much time browsing the internet via Safari, uses the camera in ways that are not appropriate, or perhaps they went on a spending spree address and phone number, they need to know that the information is private and they should never give it to anybody – online or in real life – that they don’t know.

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Perhaps the best way for parents to beat kids at their own game is to familiarise themselves with the online world, says Hails.

“Take an interest in what they do. Get them to show you what they like doing on the internet and why. The kids can teach the parents what they are doing and the games

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Whatever the case may be, find out how to regain some parental control by enabling restrictions. Visit www.imore.com for more information.

Symbian (Nokia phones) Kaspersky Mobile Security ($29.95) You can block dangerous and phishing websites, as well as filter unwanted calls and text messages with this software. Visit www.antivirus365.net.

Windows Mobile 7 With Mobile Parental Control, you can set Windows parental controls anywhere, at anytime, via your smart phone. You can set specific log on time limits and the specific time duration, amongst other things. Visit sites.google.com/site/millicloudworkshop/ moparco for more information. You can also use this software for you PC.

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6 December Mush. Celebrate the opening of the Ice Lab: New Architecture and Science in Antarctica exhibition at the Otago Museum with mushers and dogs from the Southern Regions Sled Dog Club. From 11am.

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RASA Show 2014 – For The Love Of It. Regent Theatre, 6pm, tickets available from November from Ticket Direct. First in, best seats!

Monster Slide. Monster Slide is a summertime, slip’n’slide family and community party event. We lay down a 300 metre slip’n’slide in the middle of a city street. Octogon, visit www.facebook.com/ monsterslideglobal.

FMX, BMX and skate, this Nitro Circus tour promises to be the most colossal one that New Zealand has seen yet. Visit nitrocircus. com.

12 December

6 February

17 February

Story-Time. Every Friday and Saturday at 10.30am on the magic carpet in the Children’s

Nitro Circus. Forsyth Barr Stadium, 6.30pm. Featuring 40 of the biggest stars in

7 December

St Francis Xavier School

Join Volunteering Otago’s

Hato Werahiko Kawerio

FREE School Holiday Programme FOR AGES 11-17 Mon-Fri 10am-3pm each day

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: New Zealand v Scotland. University Oval, Logan Park Drive.

Jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand with the world’s best 14 teams doing battle across 14 venues over 44 days. Visit www. icc-cricket.com.

19-22 February Dunedin Chinese Garden. Celebration Chinese New Year – Year of the Sheep -

with the traditional dragon parade from the Octagon to Dunedin Chinese Garden.

Festivities continue throughout the weekend.

22 February Party in the Park. Great family amusement, live entertainment street theatre, craft and food stalls. Mosgiel Memorial Gardens park and playground, from 11am – 5pm. Free.

1 March

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon.

Memorial Park, 9am. The swim is in a 20m pool, the bike and run leg are around the field and surrounding streets. Visit try.weetbix. co.nz.

13 March XRACE Marine Parade, Queenstown. An adventure-style event for a parent/guardian and child completing both physical and mental challenges. Marine Parade, Dunedin 6-8pm. Visit www.xrace.co.nz.

St Kilda and Central City

14 March

■ Catholic special character school ■ Very supportive community

Make friends, learn skills, have fun!

■ Excellent teaching from enthusiastic staff

ENROLMENT ENQUIRIES WELCOME 27 Benhar Street, Mornington, Dunedin Phone: 03-453 4446 E-mail: office@stfrancisxavier.school.nz www.stfrancisxavierschool.nz

TO REGISTER:

Ph 03-471 6206 or 027-447 5757

WINGATUI R ACES

BOXING DAY

Megazone has just replaced the old Laserforce with a brand new state of the art laser tag system!

170 fREDERICK sT Dunedin

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XRACE Kettle Park, Dunedin. An adventure-style event for a parent/guardian and child completing both physical and mental challenges. Kettle Park, 2-4pm. Visit www.xrace.co.nz.

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ADULTS $10, UNDER 18’S FREE

Laser Tag

Women’s Lifestyle Expo. More than 140 companies involved featuring everything from jewellery and beauty to business products and information, crafts, fitness, food and more. More FM Arena, From 10am.

Cafe

PH: 03-488 4448

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cool activities

Entertainment Summer is in the air, and with it comes all the fun activities that the new season has to offer. Indoors or out, there’s plenty to keep your family entertained this season. Here are a few ideas to get you started, and we’ve got heaps more at www.familytimes.co.nz.

Otago Museum No matter the weather, Otago Museum is always the hottest place in town! Experience a lush, living Tropical Forest, where you’ll meet live butterflies and other tropical creatures in their natural paradise.

Wingatui Interislander Summer Festival The Boxing Day races are a longstanding Dunedin tradition. Park your vehicle in the picnic patch along the straight.

The day is full of high quality free kids entertainment. Visit www.wingatui.co.nz.

Rialto Cinemas The summer school holidays will be jammedpacked full of blockbuster films at Rialto

Cinemas Dunedin. Big Hero 6, Night at the Museum 3, Penguins of Madagascar and more! Visit www.rialto.co.nz for tickets and more information.

Holiday specials Here are some great holiday ideas designed to keep you and your little ones entertained during the school break.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery Holiday Hunt Bring your detective skills to the exhibitions on display and follow the instructions in our fun foldout activities sheet. Chocolate prizes. Free, no bookings required. From 20 December – 25 January, 10am-4.30pm.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary Be an eco-warrior at Orokonui Ecosantuary’s fun-packed holiday programme. It’s a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to encounter rare and endangered native animals. From 5 January, 8.30am-5.30pm, transport included.

HORSE RIDING LESSONS Fun and learning on a riding school horse or with your own horse.

Improve your riding skills and develop a rapport with your horse or a riding school horse.

Lessons also available after school, during weekends and school holiday courses.

Ph: 489 8600, Mobile: 021-808 596

RASA crew Explicit came first in the nationals schools’ hip hop competition.

Otago Museum

You might step on them, slap them away or even spray them, but Otago Museum is offering a new perspective on some of nature’s least-liked creatures. Opening on 20 December, Bugs: The Mega World of Minibeasts will take you deep into the lives of these tiny animals that make up 90% of the world’s species. From clapping cicadas to pleasing fungus beetles, these little critters aren’t as creepy as you might think!

Find out about their incredible abilities including strength, metamorphosis and

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camouflage, and learn about the outsized impact they have on our environment, our economy and our lives. Over 800 items will be on show, including exotic bugs from the historic spirit collection. Hands-on interactive displays will let visitors see how they stack up against bugs, while live exhibits and colourful imagery offer an up-close look at the little guys.

This bug-tastic exhibition will be at the Otago Museum from 20 December 2014 until 10 May 2015.

BENNETT SCHOOL

of Ballet and Jazz To instil a love and enjoyment of dance

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baby & toddler

Antenatal classes for the digital age We live in a digital age, where there isn’t much that can’t be found or done online. Now for the first time in New Zealand, it’s even possible to attend your antenatal classes online.

She says BirthWorks online antenatal classes are empowering, holistic and transforming, increasing self confidence, trust and faith in a woman’s ability to give birth.

“If you’re in a rural location, it provides an antenatal education you’d never get otherwise. You can learn from others’ experiences. You can have world-leading childbirth education. Even if it’s not provided in your area, it means you don’t miss out.

Same also if you’re busy and work a lot of f you live in a rural location, have hours.” transportation issues, pregnancy Flexibility is key, with participants agreeing to a complications, or simply a busy lifestyle, time that suits all for the interactive sessions.

BirthWorks online antenatal classes offer a A new course begins every six weeks. viable alternative to traditional classes.

To enrol you need a broadband internet Perhaps you are a kiwi ex-pat living overseas connection, and a computer with a and want a New Zealand antenatal education, microphone, speakers and a webcam. or are returning home to birth your baby?

Rosemary says the intimate size of the BirthWorks is for you, too. groups, five couples or less, is an advantage The six week classes combine one hour a from traditional larger antenatal classes. week of self-directed learning with a second “Online antenatal courses are a great step in hour of shared screen time. ensuring quality antenatal education for all You can watch the lecture sessions in your own New Zealanders, where location, transport time, from the comfort of your own home. or babysitting issues would have previously Then in small groups, couples use an online inhibited this.” video platform such as Google Face Time to One of the challenges of online learning is that participate in an interactive session run by the other participants may not live in your a facilitator. All participants can see and talk immediate area, making it difficult to catch up to each other and the facilitator during the for the traditional weekly coffee group once sessions. the babies are born.

Rosemary Joyce, owner and operator of The But Rosemary says most people are happy to Birthing Room which runs the classes, is a use digital means of keeping in touch, such as registered nurse, childbirth educator and a Facebook. “A lot of people are doing it that Doula birth companion student.

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way anyway. It’s not something that can’t be overcome.”

BirthWorks online antenatal classes began two months ago. It provides quality antenatal education based on evidence-based research,

Plunket Otago Plunket, a not for profit organisation, has supported New Zealand parents to nurture healthy, happy kiwi babies for more than a century.

Plunket is dedicated to working with parents and communities to ensure that New Zealand children get the best start in life. They help families nationwide through more than 300 branches, mobile clinics and a free phone service PlunketLine, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week (0800933-922). For more information visit www. plunket.org.nz.

OTAGO PAEDIATRICS Dr Andrew Kelly CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN

Regular private clinics held in Dunedin, Queenstown and Cromwell.

• Minimal waiting times • Infants and Children of all ages seen for the range of Child Health and Development issues Contact Mornington Health Centre, Dunedin 03-466 5011 www.mhc.co.nz

helping couples to prepare physically, emotionally and spiritually for childbirth and parenting.

Rosemary advises registering as early in pregnancy as possible, if not pre-pregnancy.

In Dunedin, Plunket’s area office and car seat service is shifting to a Plunket Centre at 18 Lorne Street, South Dunedin. Clients can access parking easily outside, have their car seats installed safely, while also combining their visit with other local amenities and agencies close by.

Our phone numbers remain the same: car seat service 03-455-9934 and area office 03-474-0490. We thank our many supporters and businesses who have helped us with this move. Together we make a difference for families.

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Breastfeeding support in many ways Meet breastfeeding mothers ContaCt a trained breastfeeding counsellor Read a book from our library BRowse our website Join and receive aroha magazine Buy books and leaflets donate to help La Leche League help more mums like you.

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La Leche League Jenny wasn’t sure she had enough milk for her new baby. Liam was feeding a lot more than she expected him to. She was delighted when her friend gave her a copy of the La Leche League magazine, Aroha.

It had mothers’ stories that reassured her that frequent breastfeeding was normal and a great way to keep up her milk supply. Jenny decided to subscribe and get Aroha every two months. You can too – visit lalecheleague.org.nz/aroha or lalecheleague.org.nz/membership.

Happy children learning in happy places.

Qualified, caring teachers and educators in childcare centres and in homes across the Dunedin area.

P hone 03-456 321 3 for the perfect match for your child. www.dcca.org.nz

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support & services

Words of Wisdom with Diane Levy How do I stop my children from trying to one-up each other constantly, or is that normal?

parenting coach and speaker Diane Levy. This is a regular column, so get those questions flowing! Email us at editor@familytimes. co.nz. Get an order form for Diane’s popular

Sometimes you need some information or an answer to a curly question. Why not pick up the phone and call the relative support agency?

You’ll find professional caring people ready to assist you.

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any of us use one-upmanship to encourage compliance. We turn ordinary requests into a competition with a sibling or with ourselves. “Let’s see who can get dressed fastest! Let’s see who is first to the table! How about a race up to bed?”

All of this is well within the realms of normal - and often delightful – parenting, and if you are reading this and it is working for you, don’t change it. However, if this becomes our primary way of getting things done, if we have a naturally competitive child or competitive children, or if this is turning into everything is a competition, it is time to revise our method.

Put your older or oldest child’s name on the fridge. For that day, in situations of choice, that child gets to go first or to have first choice (not on everything, just in suitable child-choice situations). The following day, put the next-in-age child’s name on the fridge and this is their day to be chooser.

This method teaches children that some days they get to be the first and some days their options depends on other choices – or on being able to wait their turn.

Turn old money into opportunities with NZ Lions Did you know that there’s a large amount of unwanted money out there? Apparently, there’s approximately $80m in old coins and some $36m in bank notes plus loads of foreign cash. The Lions’ HU4K project collects everything from pre/old decimal currency and bank notes through to any foreign currency. The magic of this collection is taking something that doesn’t have much use and turning it into something really positive – life changing opportunities for Kiwi teens. Please take your old NZ/ foreign money to any Resene ColorShop or selected New World Supermarkets.

It’s as easy as that! Many thanks to Fastway Couriers, Resene ColorShops, New World Supermarkets and all New Zealanders for their on-going support.

Another way children one-up each other is in declaring themselves the best, the fastest, the cleverest. Try to switch your language into their virtues rather than their achievements.

Notice and admire hard work, kindness, thoughtfulness, generosity, helpfulness and consideration. By picking up on their virtues rather than their achievements, you get away from promoting competition.

Submit your parenting questions and concerns to family therapist, counsellor,

Citizens Advice Bureau Dunedin Phone: 0800-367 222 or 03-471 6166 For free information and advice.

Not sure? Ask us

So dig out your old money and take it to your local Resene Color Store or ring 0800 OLD MONEY (0800 653 666).

For more information about the project email our national coordinator: hu4kproject@lionsclubs.org.nz or visit our website: www.lionsclubs.org.nz/old money

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Entertainment

2015 primary and intermediate school term dates

SCHOOL TERM DATES

Term 1, 2015

Christmas made easy!

SUNDAY DECEMBER 7th Tickets available from Regent Theatre or ticketdirect.co.nz

REGENT THEATRE 6pm

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Active Furnishers Come and explore Active’s stunning kids’ bedroom display – the only one of its kind in town and packed with fun and stylish ideas for your wee darlings’ hideaways: now complete with tepee to help keep the kids distracted! Active are masters at transforming diverse design elements into magical interiors, and can draw on a fantastic

range of leading global brands to tailor your project for you, your personality, and your lifestyle. From on-site consultancy and colour advice, to skilled in-house tailoring, professional fitting and after-sales service, contact Fiona, Ali, Brenda and the team for a festival of colour. Visit www.activefurnishers. co.nz or phone 03-453-0499.

Between Monday 2 February and Thursday 5 February to Thursday 2 April

Term 2, 2015

Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July

Term 3, 2015

Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September

Term 4, 2015

Monday 12 October to no later than Friday 18 December

2015 secondary and composite school term dates

Term 1, 2015 Between Monday 2 February and Thursday 5 February to Thursday 2 April Term 2, 2015 Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July Term 3, 2015 Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September Term 4, 2015 Monday 12 October to no later than Wednesday 16 December

Remaining public holidays 2014 25 December 26 December

Christmas Day Boxing Day

Family Getaways Come and experience a taste of life on a Victorian farm.

Find out how New Zealand’s meat export industry started right here.

Totara Estate

Made in Dunedin • Interior design • Drapes • Blinds • Shutters

See how the farm workers lived and try their jobs. Feed the sheep and play Victorian games. Bring a picnic, enjoy traditional teas and pick up a gift.

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Help at Hand

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Scouts Funday

Open to the public Sunday, 15th March 2015, 10.00am to 3.00pm Market Reserve, Dunedin A variety of scout activities and stalls.

Coastal Otago Scouts are presenting scout activities such as the slippery pole, damper cooking, Burma trails, rope bridge traversing, as well as some fundraising stalls such as sausage sizzle and a rest area for weary parents.

There will be a range of activities suitable for your young people to experience.

Scouts now offer more opportunities than before to experience life through a wide range of activities. Enquiries about joining a group near you can be made by calling our local number 0800 SCOUTS.

KEAS

CUBS

SCOUTS

KEAS is for boys and girls starting Term 4 of Year 1-Year 3.

CUBS is for boys and girls, school years 3-6.

SCOUTS is for boys and girls, school years 6-10.

KEAS interact with nature and learn to share through co-operating and teamwork. They engage in active and quiet games, stories, creative crafts, play-acting and singing.

CUBS learn traditional skills such as tying knots and using a compass to find their way around.

SCOUTS commit to doing their best, to helping others, and at the same time learn valuable lifeskills, problem-solving abilities and about teamwork.

KEAS also participate in a fun award scheme which allows KEAS to progress through the various levels and complete personal interest badges.

But CUBS also visit cool places, play action-packed games and learn about emergencies.

CUBS also have their own award scheme to work through and personal interest badges to obtain.

As well as their own award scheme, SCOUTS also attend National Schools in topics such as aviation, caving, canoeing and photography.

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VENTURERS VENTURERS is for young people, school yrs 10-13.

VENTURERS develop their own programme, from vocational activities developing self-confidence, through to Leadership Courses and modules about Community Awareness.

A progressive award scheme culminates with the achievement of the prestigious Queen’s Scout Award.

Presented by the Governor-General, this is our highest youth award.

VENTURERS learn to fly solo at Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School, climb mountains, and even how to ski and snowboard.

ROVERS ROVERS is for men and women aged18-26.

ROVERS enjoy an unsurpassed variety of activities, both as individuals and as part of a local Crew.

Throughout the country ROVERS complete special projects and are the service wing of the movement.