by Marcia Poynton | Sep 30, 2021 | News
In the traditional model children receive love and nourishment from their parents. This is usually broken up into more psychological love and caring from mum and more worldly assistance from dad. Traditionally dads went out to work to support the family materially and...
by Marcia Poynton | Jul 27, 2021 | Articles, Blog, News
Establishing expectations for your Daughter … You, as a mother, set your daughter’s expectations for how the rest of both the men and women in her life will treat her. She looks to you for approval, attention and admiration. She needs to know from you that...
by Marcia Poynton | Dec 19, 2020 | Blog
Having been a newspaper reader for five decades, the declining standard of news in print has one upside: the ever-diminishing disappointment of not accepting a cadetship more than thirty years ago. Today’s gripe was triggered by a cruciverbalist who seems to...
by Marcia Poynton | May 19, 2018 | Adoption, Blog
Parenting is, perhaps, one of the most fulfilling roles on the planet. It is, equally, one of the most challenging at times. In the main, parenting is predicated on the blood is thicker than water principle. For many, parenting is more natural evolution than conscious...
by Marcia Poynton | Jun 20, 2017 | Articles
In homes around the globe, is there any place warmer than around the kitchen table with your family? This is the engine room where nurturing is bubbling on the stove and loved ones cook up something special for each other. We all know the titles, “Kitchen Table...
