Shona Sibary

Shona Sibary

Features writer

Shona Sibary is a mum of four and a features writer and editor, most recently contributing editor at Woman and Home. Her proudest achievement to date is spending two hours in a hotel room with Colin Firth.

Do we worry too much about keeping our children stimulated and busy?

By Shona Sibary, May 22, 2011

Getty I was in a café the other day and there was a child – about the same age as my youngest – ...

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How a parenting guru changed my life

By Shona Sibary, May 16, 2011

Getty The other day as one of my four children held another in a head lock under the kitchen table and screamed: 'I ...

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Nits: What works?

By Shona Sibary, Mar 8, 2011

There is nothing more likely to strike terror through a mum's heart than the dreaded nit text from school. Usually it ...

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Teens v Toddlers: Which age is the most challenging?

By Shona Sibary, Feb 9, 2011

Teens or Toddlers? Ever wondered which age is the most challenging for parents? Shona is mum to one just-teen and one ...

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Kids and sick days: How ill must your child be to miss school?

By Shona Sibary, Jan 14, 2011

I'm writing this with a child upstairs, sick in bed. I know she is sick because she proved it to me by vomiting all over the ...

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