Parental Support in general

I too agree that being a parent is the most joyful, frustrating, exciting, tiring, soul rewarding, painful experiences there is. I guess from that list you get my drift. It's hard! Someone said to me many years ago that it doesn't get easier it just changes and I remember thinking how very negative they were and how depressing that thought! Now from many years further down the track I realise just how right they were! I found the early years very easy. Yes of course there were problems and stresses, that was to be expected, but as the little dears got older particularly middle teens- nightmare alley here we are! The one thing I can ...  Read the complete review

Becoming a parent is, I am sure most people who have been through it would agree, one of the most steep learning curves you will go through ever. It is amazing and humbling in equal degrees and full of suprises and the harsh discovery that you will end up saying all those things your mum used to say and no, you won't be perfect all the time. If you took on a new job you would expect training and support, but too often when people become a parent they think it will be just intuitive and disappointment is sure to follow. In the past parents were supported by their community but today, sadly that is not so. I have a few worries about this and I think the way ...  Read the complete review

When my sister had her first child, she didnt have a partner, and the father of the child, didnt want to have anything to do with his son. We as a family tryed to help out as much as possible, but having families of our own, there is only so much you can do. During the eary stages, she got a lot of help from the midwife in charge of their well being, but even that has to stop at some time. When she went back to work, my mother looked about her grandson a lot, but as he grew, it became a lot harder for her, so she had to hire a nanny, who helped her out a lot. Wher my nephew went into school, they as helped out a lot. They didnt charge any fee's when he went to nursey, ...  Read the complete review

This review is about the support that is available to new parents and how I felt about the support I had. As a new mum (my son is 4 months old) I found that there was a mixture of support available. Sometimes I felt totally alone, other times I felt as though there was so many opportunities for support that I just did not have time to make the most of all of it. I think the most important support I could get as a mum was from fellow mums. I also found that the closer in age to my baby the better. So when I met a mum of a 2 year old, it was helpful to talk things through and learn from their experience. Then when I met a mum of a 2 month old when ...  Read the complete review

I have been fortunate enough to have had two amazingly supporting parents even though the person I call Mum is not my biological mother, she left the hme many years ago and gave up her right to be considered a mother to myself and my brother instead the wonderful person my father met and marries a couple of years later has been a great source of support for me. My parents were also fortunate to have the support network of a close knit family structure, sure at times this could be a bit claustrophobic with anties coming out of the woodwork and both sets of grand parents on hand but the plus side was that we were and to some extent still are surrounded by ...  Read the complete review