Grow your child’s savings with Headstart. When it comes to teaching your children the importance of saving, ASB’s Headstart account and Kashin make it fun. With a competitive interest rate and regular monthly statements, you and your child can see their savings balance grow. To find out more about Headstart, come into any ASB branch or call 0800 803 804. A W B 4523\T C S www.asb.co.nz A Headstart is available to customers under 18 years. Personal Banking Terms and Conditions and Disclosure Statement available at ASB Bank Limited. w contents 3 edit... Grow your Steve Hart – editor aving children is a wonderful gift not to be taken lightly. HFrom before they are born we need to watch what we Advice about drinking while drink so the unborn child has the best chances possible of pregnant or breastfeeding has being delivered healthy. Surprisingly, nutritionist Caryn Zinn child’s savings 13 left many people confused — but tells us that the drinking habits of fathers, let alone the mother, one expert says one drink is too can impact on the wellbeing of the child during conception. many — even for the father. In this fi rst edition of Inside Family & Parenting Diane Clement looks at the cost of having a child — from lost income to the cost of nappies and child care. We also have advice on getting our children to eat the most important meal of the with Headstart. day — breakfast. Chef Nigel Slater shows us how to make our own bread 05 SUZY CATO and suppernanny Diane Levy explains why the “terrible twos” From children’s show presenter to busy mum are really terrifi c. Returning to work after years looking after a child can be 06 TRAVEL AND CHILDREN diffi cult — Herald Careers writer Vikki Bland offers some tips to How a damp cloth can stop family help care givers back to work. arguments in the car Enjoy this edition of Inside. 07 BAKE YOUR OWN BREAD Chef Nigel Slater shows you how INSIDE SERIES to make your own fl atbread COVER STORY Editor: Steve Hart Terrible twos or terrifi c twos, Designer: James Russell 12 COST OF HAVING A BABY 10 supernanny Diane Levy offers Sales manager: Kerri Tait Having a baby isn’t cheap. The loss of one advice on helping your toddler Sales rep: Bianca Lawton income when the baby is born is just the start. understand the word “no”. Project coordinator: Emily Hancox Published by APN NZ 17 MOBILE PHONES When is the right time for your child to The Inside series is made up of four quarterly publications get a phone and what are the risks? delivered free with the New Zealand Herald. Inside Health & Wellness is out on Tuesday 3 October. 18 EDUCATION Vikki Bland recommends a range of ADVERTISE books and games to help your child Contact Bianca Lawton on (09) 3736400 extension 8671 Email: [email protected] COMING UP The next edition of Inside Family & Parenting in Ian Grant of Parents Inc offers February will include ideas for great children’s birthday THE WRITERS sound advice to parents parties, how to prepare for your child’s fi rst day at Diane Levy, Ian Grant, Diana Clement, 16 and their teenage children school, fun things to do with your children at the Suzy Cato, Vikki Bland, Caryn Zinn, Jeremy on making the transition weekend, how to choose a rest home, and breast Laurance, Victoria Bartle, Nigel Slater from child to adult. or formula milk — we explore the great debate. *4693478AA* Get your family together for a great outing at North Shore Leisure. 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T 0800 727 469 F 09 378 7659 E [email protected] 5 >SUZY CATO 5 Fond memories Getting back and happy families to work etting back to work after several years of at-home parenting can be quite Gdaunting. “Who will want me?” wail parents with rusty professional abilities and Suzy Cato may have been off our TV woefully out of date computer skills. Conversely, some parents have unrealistic screens for a while, but she’s working as expectations — expecting to walk back into a role similar to the one they had 15 years ago or hard as ever and enjoying being a mum believing they can learn as they go. Happily, with a bit of confi dence and a moderate amount of retraining, a parent’s chances of returning to the workforce after years at home with children is good. New Zealand has ello my friend, how are you today? It’s a simple phrase the same bit of ‘burbia the other shoppers barely raise an a labour shortage, which means it’s fi ne to be 50 and hearing it can make such a difference to a eyebrow. I’ve been singing and hugging kids in the streets of and thinking about getting back to work. If you’re Hperson’s day. I asked that question hundreds of times our North Shore community for years – the best bit is that I younger, your chance of landing a job is good, while making the preschool programme You & Me. now get to do it for my own little one. It may sound all a bit though not necessarily straightforward. Over the years I’ve found that because of that wonderfully PollyAnna but heck, there’s enough doom and gloom in this Despite the positive employment climate, be nurturing programme I have thousands of friends, of all ages, old world of ours to deal with day to day and I’ve always been prepared to put some effort into re-entering the around New Zealand and the world. my mum’s Peter Pan so I intend to bounce the day away like a workforce — and the areas that require attention Perhaps your child watched it as a youngster or you may Tigger instead of slouch it out like Eeyore. may surprise you. be young enough to have sung along and helped me fi nd Now, don’t be fooled — blue days also hit me real hard — For example, June, a former fi nancial sector Ted, a missing picture or my glasses. I’m seldom in bed before midnight and my work day generally worker who recently returned to part-time work Those years on TV gave me an amazing feeling of purpose starts at 7pm — but the days with my girl are an awful lot of found what she needed most to re-start work was and satisfaction. I loved my job and most of my energy went fun. a new wardrobe, and hired a stylist to help her. This into making sure I was doing the best possible for my friends on In the midst of producing Bryan & Bobby (the kids might sound frivolous, but recruiters and personal the other side of the screen. programme with community constable Bryan Ward and his coaches say it isn’t — self-confi dence and self- I spent a lot of time travelling and visiting different police dog Puppet) earlier this year for TV3, being a full-time belief are critical to successful job seeking, and a communities during that time and I’ve fond memories of working mum began to take its toll. new wardrobe, public speaking lessons and even the hugs, smiles and soggy kisses from so many amazing But thanks to a wonderful associate producer and a great emotional counselling go a long way to preparing children. team we all survived and have now had several months a parent for a return to the workforce. They say, “all good things come to an end” and so it came down time to play and recharge our batteries so now we’re Gay Barton, New Zealand general manager for that it was time to say “See ya, see ya, later” to presenting preparing for the next production. recruitment fi rm Drake International, says parents for a time.