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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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  • Connecting the ‘umms’ and ‘aahs’: The Art of Conversing With Your Kids.
    February 29, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER I found myself deep in conversation with some school mums the other day on a topic which,  ironically, revolved around conversation. We had been comparing notes on how the school year had begun for each of our children. Apart from the superficial topics like which teachers, friendships and tuckshop items […]
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  • 7 Alternatives to Throwing a Kids’ Birthday Party at Home.
    February 5, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER   What’s Worse: Labour Pains or Children Birthday Parties? Throwing a birthday party at home for your child is a lot like giving birth. There’s lots of lead up time and preparation, the event is eye-wateringly painful and completely exhausting with a rush of complete joy once it’s over. […]
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  • Parenting AND Keeping Up With the Jones’s
    January 1, 2024
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER As the dust settles and the long second half of the school holidays stretches out into January, I find myself questioning whether I’m doing it all wrong. In the effort to keep up with the Jones’s and the idea of a perfect summer holiday, I often feel exhausted (and […]
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  • Hardwiring health into your children.
    November 30, 2023
    WORDS BY ERICA NEWTON, MYFIRSTGYM CO-FOUNDER We put our Christmas tree up this week in a tradition that involves me sweating buckets as I dust off and drag out boxes of decorations from the garage. Frankly, it feels pretty weird. For this Seattle USA born and bred girl, watching Santa turn up in boardshorts on […]
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