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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.…
First Sunday Club: Karuna – June 2010
Before I dive in to this month’s First Sunday Club selection, I wanted to take a moment to thank readers for their generosity so far. You donated thousands…
Sunday Mail Column for Sunday 30 May 2010
If someone asked me to define “feminism” when I was a teenager, I think I would’ve started randomly quoting lines from “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” that…
Sunday Mail Column Sunday 9 May 2010
So this is my second Mother’s Day as a mum and I’m delighted to reveal that I’m expecting bambino number two later this year. Which means that I’ve…
Sunday Mail Column for Sunday 2 May 2010: FIRST SUNDAY CLUB
There’s a lot you can get away with on a Sunday. Sleeping in (unless, like me, you have a toddler who wakes at 5.50am every morning and yells…
My appearance on The Circle talking about Find Your Tribe …
Okay, so I’m a techno-dummy and it’s taken me a week to work out how to load my Circle appearance onto my blog. (Sigh … it’s difficult being…
Sunday Mail column for Sunday 25 April 2010
There are many great things about being a writer. You get to work from home in your pyjamas and write Very Professional Emails while eating cornflakes and watching…
It’s 5am and I’m awake because?
Because it’s Murphy’s Law that when you really need to get a good night’s sleep – you won’t. I’m off to Melbourne today with Brad and Ava to…
The Way We Live: Sunday 18 April 2010
I realise I stand alone in many things. The fact I’ve never watched an episode of NCIS, CSI or SVU. My willingness to admit to buying Jason Donovan’s…
The Way We Live: Sunday Mail column
So I’m staring at another birthday. This week I turn 38. WHAT? Wasn’t it just yesterday I was putting on my best acid wash jeans and waistcoat, glazing…
FIRST SUNDAY CLUB: April 2010 Southside Education
I know what you’re thinking this morning: “Hurrah for elasticised pyjama pants!” Or is that just me as I contemplate Easter egg number 43? (I refuse to feel…
About Bec
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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