PREGNANCY AND PARENTING SUPPORT

PREGNANCY AND PARENTING SUPPORT

Townsville Pregnancy and Parenting Support is open by appointment in 2025.  We are a not-for-profit service that provides emotional and practical support to parents and parents-to-be during an unplanned or crisis pregnancy situation and throughout the first 12 months...
BACK TO SCHOOL BULLYING?

BACK TO SCHOOL BULLYING?

Kids Helpline and Kids Helpline @ School: Say NO to bullying  The beginning of the school year can be an exciting time, but it can also bring concerns for many children and parents. One of the most significant concerns, according to Kids Helpline, continues to be...
DIFFERENT FACES OF AMBITION

DIFFERENT FACES OF AMBITION

By: Brian Harris Ambition is one of those things it’s easy to be ambivalent about. In it’s naked form, it sees some catapult over others, with neither regard nor care for the impact their scramble to the top has on those further back in the line. Ruthlessness is not...
TO-DO LISTS TO PROBLEMS

TO-DO LISTS TO PROBLEMS

By: Rinet Van Lill  Ever find yourself snapping at someone over something small? Maybe you were stuck in traffic, juggling work deadlines, or running errands, and suddenly, someone asking a simple question pushed you over the edge. Anger can bubble up all too easily,...
ESCAPE THE COMPARISON VORTEX

ESCAPE THE COMPARISON VORTEX

By: Helping Hands TV “Happiness really is about contentedness,” says social researcher, Mark McCrindle, from McCrindle Research. “And if we’re forever chasing the next thing, that happiness never arrives.” Happiness, joy, contentment – they’re all factors that the...
FASHION GUIDE FOR A BETTER WORLD

FASHION GUIDE FOR A BETTER WORLD

By: Mike Crooks If you’re concerned about how your clothes are produced – how much people are paid to make them, and how those people are treated – then  Baptist World Aid’s latest Ethical Fashion Report is the fashion guide for you. “Ethical fashion” describes...