Hot Tips for Cool Parents

The Key to Raising Awesome Kids

By Catherine Warnock



Self-confessed non-perfect parent Catherine Warnock is on a mission.
From her own parenting mistakes, triumphs, observations and discussions with other mums and dads, Catherine has come to the conclusion that parenting is about much, much more than simply raising kids.
First and foremost it is about raising US, the parents!
After all, what we say, do and think is the food for our children’s minds and souls. They lap it all up and then follow our lead!
So what are we saying, doing and thinking? And how does it affect our kids?
Hot Tips for Cool Parents explores the big picture of parenting; offering practical ideas and encouraging us to really think about what it takes to raise well balanced, happy, responsible and … well … totally AWESOME kids!





About the author - Catherine Warnock’s humorous ‘Kitchen Philosopher’ column appears weekly in newspapers across North East Victoria. She is the mum of three sons, James, Jess and Tom, Nanna to Cody and (as a tragic empty-nester) has recently fallen prey to the charms of Scruffy Dawg, the very naughty Mini Schnauzer.
Catherine reckons you should never get too smug about your parenting skills because kids can always find ways to bring you down a peg or two! However, despite having suffered such humiliations many times, Catherine still thinks she’s a reasonably ‘cool’ parent — even if her kids DO make fun of her sad 1970s dancing technique!
Having previously been employed in youth, community and administrative roles Catherine’s current role is Executive Assistant to the Regional Director of Education and Early Childhood Development in Hume Region, Victoria. She lives in Benalla and plays the guitar really badly.




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