• Don’t give the gift of screens: 10 present ideas to inspire movement this Christmas.      
    November 1, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER I know: the kids write a cute letter to Santa and the first thing you do is take a mental note of all the things they want. PS5. Xbox. Smart Watch. iPad. A phone. Laptop. Disney+ (ask me how I know). As a parent, all you want to do […]
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  • Invisible Kryptonite: The Surging Mental Health Issues Effecting Our Children.
    August 30, 2024
     WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER Parental superpowers are a real thing. Instinctively, you can tell when a lie has been told, if it’s been a hard day at the school desk, or when to pull out the ‘emergency’ muesli bar you’ve been carrying around for a month #hangry. Sometimes though, it’s much harder to […]
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  • 10 Tips to Kick You (and Your Kids) Out of Winter-Sloth Mode.
    July 1, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, CO-OWNER OF MYFIRSTGYM In the depths of Winter, it seems that hiding under the duvet or in an Oodie cave is acceptable, even expected. I’ve caught myself thinking it’s a bit cold for the kids to ride to school. I’ll just drive them. Similarly, the weather has ensured creamy pastas and cheese-loaded toasties […]
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  • Technology: the Cigarette of Our Children’s Generation. 
    May 25, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER When Michelle Obama likened handing our kids a phone to giving them cigarettes, I died a little parental death.  I was listening to a Jay Shetty podcast featuring the former First Lady, as she discussed how we had no idea how overloaded our kids’ brains are from constant technology and […]
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  • Is Creating a Work-Life Balance Impossible For Parents?
    May 9, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER Mothers’ Day is just around the corner, and whilst the platitudes of being superwoman and all that are nice, I’m feeling a little jaded. Those few hours of being pampered seem like the shortest of respites in a long parenting marathon. And it’s not just my children that are […]
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  • MyFirstGym kids are confident kids.
    March 28, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER It’s true: MyFirstGym kids are confident kids. It’s like our coaches sprinkle some kind of sparkly-blue fairy dust on them as they walk into each class. But they don’t. Sorry to say: you can’t build self-esteem nor develop confidence with magic or a spell. If there was such a […]
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