Family

  Times have changed. We are connected, contactable and constantly checking our devices. However, etiquette still ...

How not to get sued by your child

It's odd: we're often told that the first three years are the most influential and important years of our lives but... what do we remember of them?

There can be lots of things wrong in family life. You can be arguing and having lots of fights with your spouse or your kids.

I don't usually think about socks. Until I bought some bad socks. Very uncomfortable. I could hardly walk in them.

ou should have many of your meals together, the whole family sitting up at the table, without the TV on. There should be manners, like no reading or playing with phones at the table, and you should all stay together until the meal is finished.

In January we took our three granddaughters (aged eight, eleven and thirteen) to Red beach on Whangaparoa Peninsula for a week while their Mum was busy at work.

You can do a lot to help your shy child. I was a shy child who deliberately learnt strategies to cope with my shyness, to the point where people refuse to believe that I am shy - but I still am.

Are iPads harmful to little kids? Of course they are: they can cause considerable brain damage, if you drop one on your child's head. But as regards actually using them - I don't believe anyone knows about long term results because they haven't been arou

Mr P is a fiercely independent senior who suffers from epilepsy and lives alone. This is the story of how SeNCit helped him and his family.