Julie Boyd
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SHOW ME THE MONEY – Gen X and Y Weddings
Posted by Julie in Articles- Parenting, Uncategorized, Writing on January 30, 2012
SHOW ME THE MONEY It seems that weddings are a lot more complicated these days than I realised. My son and his bride signed the registration application at an office in Japan seven years ago – ‘much like paying your rates’ I was told at the time, and are happily anticipating a non-wedding party [...]
Tiger Mothers and Kid Whisperers
Posted by Julie in Articles- Parenting, Uncategorized, Writing on January 30, 2012
First published by http://thehoopla.com.au/dentiger-mother/?cpg=2 You may recall that last year Amy Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother advocated an Eastern view of parenting; pushing children to excel and succeed, even at the cost of their personal happiness. It caused a global storm of controversy and topped the best-sellers lists. Two incidents Chua documented that [...]
FAMILIES- Who’d Have One!
Posted by Julie in Articles- Parenting, Uncategorized, Writing on April 23, 2011
(C) Julie Boyd Brooke Shields, the actor, has described her family in the past as ‘dysfunctional’. However, she has just discovered she is highly connected. Observers of the British upper class would claim that these two concepts are often closely integrated. According to the historians and geneologists on the TV show ‘Who Do You Think [...]
Technology and Toddlers The iPad Generation
Posted by Julie in Articles- Education, Articles- Parenting, Education, Uncategorized, Writing on January 14, 2011
How is technology impacting brain development , free play and social development of children? Questions we need to answer as a society. My 10 month old granddaughter has a fascination for all things technological. She spots a computer and wants to play- a broken one is no fun, she wants functional thank you. Digital cameras [...]
Boorish, “in your face” behavior is everywhere.
Posted by Julie in Articles- Education, Articles- Parenting, Education, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Writing on December 4, 2010
Boorish, “in your face” behavior is everywhere. Most of the time, I’m able to avoid it, or walk away from it, but not tonight. Even as we walked away from the restaurant and passed our loud partiers at the curb, one of them spied us and sneeringly said, “Oooh, everyone be quiet now.” We just [...]
Fatherhood – Catalyst
Posted by Julie in Articles- Parenting, Education, Uncategorized, Writing on September 9, 2010
The importance of fathers to child development http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/fatherhood/