Belinda Moore

Here’s a version of an article I wrote in 2005 for Education Choices magazine.

Nationally, the number of babies born to women aged to 24 years continues to decline1. Despite the recent media coverage of ‘irresponsible’ spending of the baby bonus money by teen parents, the reality is that there are no constraints on how the money is spent, and it is just public perception, not reality, that all teenage parents are irresponsible with money. This sensationalism is merely a result of changing trends and media bias toward a minority group2. Only 16 per 1000 babies are born to teenage women - that is about 11000 babies per year in Australia, a figure which is still decreasing annually - these young parents are certainly a minority1. And don’t they know it.

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This article was initially written for Rhonda’s Blog last year.

I have six children. If I hadn’t used cloth nappies, our family could have put thousands of little bundles of paper, plastic, wee and poo into landfill. And we’d have paid around $20000 for the privilege. Yuck! Just thinking about that makes me guilty for the disposables we did use.

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The Wonderful Chrissy has another treat for us!

For those of you who know and love Chrissy Butler’s work - remember My Brother Jimi Jazz? - her second picture book is on its way!

Again, I’ve been blessed to watch Chrissy grow this special project from the sidelines.  What a lot of hours go into something so special…

The Wonderful Place is a picture book which celebrates the joys of toddler breastfeeding, seen through the eyes of 3 year old Jimi Jazz. The artwork is ink, water colour and collage on paper. Prints can be ordered of any of the artwork, please contact Chrissy for more information about prints or orginal artwork from the book.

Last year I wrote a couple of posts for Rhonda at Down To Earth. She invited me to write for her again recently. I have decided to write a series of posts about a simple, frugal, green lifestyle for young families. I’ll be posting every Tuesday in April. Enjoy!

As I’ve mentioned a few times, I started writing for Natural Child recently. If you go to http://www.naturalchildmagazine.com/ and click on the “Preview available now…” message with the butterfly and baby’s legs, you can then get to a page to download a 2MB PDF of the first issue of the magazine. Enjoy!

There is a new place to share parenting and lifestyle choices. I hope that this will grow into a strong and supportive community. This forum wont be based just on parenting (although that is an essential task in the world), but about making conscious choices in all walks of life.

Although this forum is very much in it’s infancy, perhaps together we can help it grow into something that we all find strength in. I hope that we can have healthy debate and discussions.

“From the earliest times attempts have been made to classify individuals according to types, and so bring order to the chaos.” Carl Jung

Part Two – Left or Right Brained?

Continuing with my discussion on exploring labels in regard to learning, I will give a brief explanation of the left brained/right brained theory of neurological development. This concept was first popular in the 1970s when it was accepted that the left hemisphere of the brain controlled analysis and accuracy, while the right side was responsible for aesthetics and feeling. Of course, we use both hemispheres of our brains all the time. They interact with each other in complex ways and cooperate with other parts of the brain as well. The theory suggests though, that we all have a preference for one or the other hemisphere’s apparent functions.

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Check this out!!

I’m very excited about a new magazine being launched in Australia this year. Check out the website for Indigo, see their mission statement and have a sneak peak of the content and style!