I think weekly online chat night sounds great. Taokat the idea of pocket money was hilariously funny. What about who is your favorite singer? ... View more

Grandchildrens favourite when one of the siblings decides to add his comment they would either say.. Na nia business or "who said you could add your 10cents worth" ... View more

Hi hashtagmum Great stuff hashtagmum your son has wonderful open minded parents. Bonding with dad & son while camping will be spectacular. ... View more

Best thing about being brought up with maori parents. They were from different tribes which protocols were different when entering a marae (meeting house) Same values and beliefs. Both my parents did not speak maori. My grandmother on my mothers side she spoke fluent maori and she married our scottish grandfather. Our grandmother rarely spoke english. We understood her but replied in english. I remember taking maori as language subject my parents weren't able to help as they both working parents. My grandmother refused because our teacher was from a different tribe so i struggled with the language but i loved the kapa haka (performing arts) practices and traveling to school competitions. As for children raised differently of course their is alot of differences I am very traditional, respect is lost amongst the young. We have to remind our young people manners and respect their elders ... View more

Hello ngaio The doyouyoga is not free but you can take on the challenges you can also find do you yoga on youtube as well. ... View more

Hi @bigcrab I love the I'm hungry, I do the exact same "hi hungry how's your back,"haven't seen you in ears & ears. Love it ... View more

Hi @hashtagmum just want to say how grateful I am to be here in this supportive group of fabulous parents who support their amazing talented children who take on others issues of themselves. When we finally find our authentic self we walk alone in this path until we believe in ourself. When i was a young girl of 5 every year we would visit our dads family traveling 8 hours in the family car 6 children and mum & dad not pretty lol. Awaking the next day we would visit dads sisters and brothers. Dads cousin stayed with his sister. When dads cousin opened the front door excited to see us, wearing his curlers in his hair a ladies robe, I was so happy to see him. I never thought of him as gay, gay to me was joy joy hapoy happy. My beautiful authentic uncle was always his trueself. Then he moved to Australia as all our people do looking for love. Then a message got back to our dad he had died. This is when i found out what gay was. Why labe peoplel he is a human being like the rest of us. Our family accept all walks of life. Our beautiful nephew came out and told the family we were happy for him. He is a teacher at an all catholic school. We are privileged to meet his wonderful partner next week "yay" I think todays generation are more accepting. All the best to your beautiful son. I believe we need to find faith in our children as some need a little more guidance but not to change their trueself. I hope this helps a little. ... View more

Yoga teaches me how to release tension safely. The breath supports me in challenging poses. I am getting ready this moment to tackle my hourly walk then when i arrive home i prepare for yoga. Sunsalitations and the 8 limbs of yoga. Their is also a website doyouyoga or Gaia is fabulous. My youngest daughter has a subscription with gaia and she allows me to research watch movies, docos, transformation, yoga etc marvelous positive website. ... View more

Hi how was your day. Mighty hot where I am. Wonderful to see you part of the reachout group. ... View more

Haha the aussie in our remote area found me a little weird lol eccentric sometimes. Especially when returning from nz with a family reunion tshirt with our ancestors name in maori and our logo. Hehehe I wore this tshirt alot some people thought it was a joke against the aussies, when explaining about our ancestors they still didn't quite understand. But thats okay. Myself and siblings would mix maori with English.makariri means cold so makachilli lol. ... View more

Hi love the humour. Our family are sarcastic and love too joke with one another and gradchildren included lol. My favourite is handle the jandal. Myself and 3 daughters created a chat group sometimes most of the time lets be honest now lol all the time a place to vent about our hair nails teerh and clothes and funny pictures of ourselves and kiddies partner's too great fun. Sometimes we complain about little things our favourite is "handle the jandal" deal with it; but this is only the small stuff because the kiddies say it jokingly too. I to hubby alot haha ... View more

Hi @polhan wellcome to reachout ... View more

Hi @Doran welcome to reachout ... View more

Hi aussie mum we are all wanting the best for our talented 16 year olds. Our 4 chilren went thru the teen stage, 3 daughters and 1 son. Our eldest daughter was a very out going person she loved socialising communication was her well actually the phone was her life line wasnt always blissful lol but she knew what she wanted. Our son found his 16 17 18 etc over whelming he was easily lead such a beautiful personality. The principal at their high school said he had beautiful essays. His friends were all on a different path and he wanted to follow. We would ask him if he was alright. He said his acne was ugly and why would anyone want him. His clothes were not cool. Of course we told him it wasn't about the clothes. Living in a remote area did not help. So the following year we enroled him in fisheries course to remove him out of the trouble that he got himself into he did a year was not easy. All he ever wanted to do was sing he loved rapping. Of course we supported him. I guess what i am trying to saying to. Maybe he is trying to find himself. Hey maybe volunteering Maybe he doesnt know reassure him that changes are part of life. Good luck. Lets hope for amazing changes. ... View more

I love the cold winter, rugging up in layers of colorful clothing warm beanies without the sweating lol. Cooking aromatic soups and crockpot cooking too. Grandchildren running and playing games collecting firewood to start a wonderful crackling fire for all to mesmerize their colorful dreams. I love winter. ... View more

Hi everyone looking forward to communicating with amazing people like yourselves ... View more

Mum_of_four well done for the greatest gift love and support. ... View more

Thanks Ngaio-RO for the wonderful suggestion. ... View more

As we know bullies are victims to? that seem to resonate with me. Ideas: we are such sponges when we are young and hold on to memories of physical abuse mental abuse emotional abuse.Obviously bullying started in the home. Educating parents and children distilling a change in their behavior. Subject's at school english, history, language why not a behaviour class involving all students parents and qualified counselors.The support for all involved should start at school behaviour class. Hoping for that change for our next generation. ... View more

Hi Ross Reading your post brought back a few memories when i was in high school. Parents students maybe get together and campaign for change in school policies and present the policies to the principal teachers and school advisors. ... View more

Thank you. We are grateful for these blissful teenage lessons. ... View more

Spoke with our wonderful granddaughter today she was at her grandmas house waiting for dad to pick her up when he finishes work. I could here lots of laughter in the background. I asked how she was, I'm getting their nan. She has her subjects sorted. She catches the train and then buses to school. Few teaches sat down with her explained to her courses she can take. Sge has decided to do a course in tourism. She sounded very positive. Her dads fine etc. Was really comforting to her voice and happy. We did a video chat we had no sound lol but I could see her cute smile. Very proud of our eldest granddaughter. We will all learn valuable lessons from our talented granddaughter. ... View more

Our wonderful granddaughter lives with her dad in NZ. She is not settling in too good, she is wanting to come back to Australia. She does find change very difficult. Our granddaughter contacts us her aunty and mother frequently. ... View more

Thank you great resources 😆 ... View more

Hi I am the grandmother of 16 year grandaughter who was sent to live with her father whom i must say is an amazing father. I believe as parents or carers there is not alot of support when they hit this gracious time of their life. As a grandmother i find my beautiful grandaughters way of thinking very daunting. Who can i find for support to understand her way of dealing with life. ... View more

Hi Ngaio-RO We have always kept in touch with our granddaughters father, he very close to our extended family. His way of being a parent is very traditional and strict. He is a builder by trade and their are opportunities waiting for her university, travelling on the endeavor etc. As we said relax sweet heart and go with the flow their are amazing opportunities for the taking. We were snap chatting with her the other day her attitude was positive and beautiful just made our hearts flutter with joy for her. 💄👒🎓 ... View more