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Parenting advice that pulls no punches Kathy Fray is best known on the Hibiscus Coast as a midwife, having started a practice in Orewa 18 months ago, but elsewhere in NZ she is parents’ ‘best friend’ as the writer of Oh Baby – a book of down to earth advice for new mothers. fundamental philosophies such as The Hatfields Beach resident has ‘happiness is wanting what you just published her second book, have’. Tackling that issue is one way entitled Oh Grow Up – Toddlers to in which this book is different.” Preteens Decoded. Kathy, who has two girls aged 13 and Kathy Fray’s top tips 11 years and a son aged eight, says yy Fill your child’s petrol tank with writing the book crystalised many premium fuel, especially organic parenting issues for her. However, fruit, veggies and wholegrains. she does not claim to have all the answers and says this is, in fact, one yy Consider naturopathic remedies instead of only pharmaceutical reason for her book’s popularity. drugs. Kathy Fray, whose first book Oh “My books never tell the reader how natural healing to suck eggs,” Kathy says. “I simply Baby was a runaway success, has just yy Consider therapies for maintaining health say ‘these are the eggs available and published a follow-up for toddlers to pre-teens and treating disease. these are their various flavours and your child’s outcomes and you choose whichever that our children’s spirit also needs yy Understand personality type, be that playful, conscious parenting. works for you and your family.” powerful, precise or peaceful. She says the fundamental message “It’s our job to teach them how to y y Identify your child’s ‘love of Oh Grow Up is that as well as become a joyful, loving person. Many language’ and use it. providing good nutrition and parents spend hours at after school helping children reach their activities, but no time intentionally yy Decide who you are, and what you stand for ... and make sure potential it’s important to note parenting their child’s grasp of life’s your children know. yy Explain to your child we are each Aid at hand for struggling parents here for a reason, and finding our Help is available for parents struggling with postnatal depression, budgeting purpose fills us with happiness. or the myriad demands of a new baby. Hibiscus Coast Parent Aid provides a yy Parents should parent, not free, confidential service for families with pre-birth to five-year-old children. befriend. It includes everything from caring for a baby while you rest to housework, yy Clear boundaries equal personal budgeting advice and advocacy. They also have a Parent Aid Linking Services freedom. Club that provides a chance to meet other parents and gain information from guest speakers. Info: ph 424 4014 or email hbcparentaid@xtra.co.nz Hibiscus Matters
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has two copies of Oh Grow Up (Random House) to give away. To go in the draw, write your name, address and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and post to Oh Grow Up, Hibiscus Matters, Whangaparaoa Hall, 717 Whangaparaoa Rd, Whangaparaoa. Entries close August 6.