‘If you are coming to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you are coming because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.’ An Australian Aboriginal

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My daughter has just started Prep this year and I am struggling to keep up with the pace of expectation! Australian parents currently rate achieving a respectable work-family balance as their greatest parenting challenge given they work more hours than ever before. At times it seems that with too much work, too many parents experience a loss of identity and purpose as their paid jobs became who they were, how others judge them and how they judge themselves.

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Dear Ambrose Treacy College Parents, the real purpose of this blog is to try and prepare you for an imminent change in the relationship between yourself and your son. The affectionate small boy who has quite justifiably been your pride and joy is about to undergo such a transformation that you may begin to wonder if you have sired a monster.

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“Fear bounces.” E.E. Cummings.

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The recent tragedy in Manchester is as horrific as it is confusing! How can such evil exist in a world that promises so much opportunity, love and happiness? I was proudly born in England and have visited Manchester many times. It is gut wrenching to think of what the city and its people are experiencing. My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with all the victims.

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