About Michelle
Michelle's family consists of 4 kids, 1 dog and a husband (although he was the only family member not to make it into her blog title). In a past life she was a union organiser, worked in a domestic violence agency and studied Arts/Law. For relaxation she reads, preferably while comfortably seated at a cafe.
Michelle is Australian but also a citizen of the United States where she has lived previously. She has recently returned with her family to California this year after spending the past six years in her home town of Sydney. While finding change exciting, Michelle says packing up her life and starting again was just a little daunting. We're sure it will provide fertile ground for new writing material.
Michelle likes to say that her family comes with a dash of Aspergers, along with generous servings of humour, intelligence and creativity. While this quirk may bring certain challenges, it makes life just that little bit more interesting. Her home is television-free but somehow her children seem to manage to wrangle indecent amounts of screen time at every opportunity.
What if instead of deciding to shame teenagers out of 'choosing' to become parents with a questionable 'public health' campaign (see
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My daughter had an audition for a local youth orchestra and, not surprisingly, she was nervous.
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Last night, after an epic afternoon of activities followed by an Open House at my oldest child’s middle school, we headed downtown for dinner.
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Last night my oldest child had a crisis of confidence. In fact, the crisis began at pick up and continued well into the evening.
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Pictures by Michelle Higgins - all rights reserved
Twas the night before . . . Halloween!
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Although strongly challenged by well-credentialed researchers of the opposing view, a considerable body of research supports the view that children’s and adults’ exposure to violent media, includin
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Raise the topic of homework with parents of school age children and watch the sparks fly.
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Breakthroughs in neuroscience can help us better parent the teens in our lives.
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image by Michelle Higgins, all rights reserved: teacher Anna Kearney
Step into Anna Kearney’s third grade classroom, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, and you will see amo
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Forty years ago it was a novelty for a father to be present at the birth of his own child.
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