About this website
The first edition of Parenting Express was published in January 2006 and reached a wholly Australian audience, mostly made up of interested members of writers' centres and friends. Six months later, the website reached a global readership, with less then 20% of viewers from Australia, surpassed by readers from the USA, Canada and Europe. The website is growing all the time and is mostly passed on by word of mouth. It is a not-for-profit site aimed at writers and readers who care about parenting and its challenges and joys. If you like what you see, please send the link to a friend.
Parenting Express is updated monthly.
“Being at home can be fun, insulating, relaxed, boring or isolating ... depending on how the day is going.”*
School holidays are almost over in my part of the world – six long weeks of noise and squabbling balanced by hot, lazy days at the beach or the pool with lots of daring exploits and laughter. Many of our days were spent at home, basking in simple pleasures like baking, playing games or outdoor pursuits – trying to relax the everyday routines of school-morning bustle and ‘having to be somewhere on time’. However pleasant, I must admit to being relieved that life gets back to normal next week, and I can reclaim some of my own time for writing again!
* From Being Mummy by Anne‑marie Taplin published April 2007