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Dear Bec: My daughter is friends with a bully …

May 5, 2026

Hi Bec I’m hoping you can guide us! My 10 year old daughter has a long standing friendship with one girl. And a newer friendship (nearly 12 months), with a girl newer to school. She loves both friends, but they are very different. The new friend is actively bullying the old friend (they aren’t in the same friendship group at school, my daughter usually goes with the new girl unless she’s absent then she’ll revert to a different group). The new friend has many diagnoses and is on behavioral plans etc. She can be violent.…

Sunday Mail South Australia column for Sunday 8 May 2011

May 8, 2011

I had an odd experience last week.  It was my birthday and to celebrate I went to do one of those “Egg Timer Fertility Tests” to get the…

First Wednesday Club: Birthing Kit Foundation Australia

May 4, 2011

I didn’t have a birth plan when I was pregnant with my daughter Ava. Nope. I had a vision.   Within hours of giving birth I pictured myself in…

Sunday Mail South Australia column – The one about picking up chicks

April 17, 2011

I’m exhausted. Possibly because I’ve spent the past month trying to pick up women. I know. WEIRD. And Brad – my husband – has been completely unhelpful. You…

First Wednesday Club for April 2011: If you cannot read and write then you are always afraid

April 6, 2011

It’s time for the First Wednesday Club again. This month we’re lending our support to the Indigenous Literacy Project which is about giving the gift of reading to…

First Wednesday Club for March 2011: Help Maria Buy A Barn

April 6, 2011

In March, the First Sunday Club was offered a brand new home at one of Australia’s most popular websites  www.Mamamia.com.au  We also changed our name to the First…

Forgive me Father for I have sinned. And could I have some fries with that?

April 1, 2011

Here’s a link to a post I whipped up today for Mamamia  on the April Fools Day gag that was the “drive-thru confessional” …. What do you have…

Sunday Mail South Australia column: What do you want to be when you grow up?

March 27, 2011

So what did you want to be when you were growing up? I asked my friends this very question over Twitter and received answers as varied as they…

The Ultimate Girly High Tea – Final tickets on sale now!

March 21, 2011

We’ve sold 200 tickets. And now, thanks to the Sofitel (and their willingness to reconfigure the room!) we are releasing a final 50 tickets to the Ultimate Girly…

Sunday Mail South Australia Column: Why I’m Loving Adelaide …

March 13, 2011

Adelaide, you have put me in something of a difficult position. I’m a Brisbane girl. A Queenslander. And I’ve been engaged in a love affair with my home…

International Women’s Day Event @ All Hallows

March 11, 2011

I flew up to Brisbane yesterday to do a fabulous “Women With A Voice” event at one of my favourite schools – All Hallows.  I joined the Sunday…

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Over the past 25 years Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living as a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a TV scriptwriter, a radio producer, a newspaper columnist and as an author.

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