Beyond the Brady Bunch: Hope and Help for Blended Families
A message of hope for blended families, from a couple who have been in the trenches – and made it.
Blending a family is far more messy and complicated than any television show portrays. Beyond the Brady Bunch is a heart book, not a how-to book. Christians who find themselves in the midst of step-family life often feel hopeless and far from God, struggling with grief and unforgiveness. From personal experience the authors have found that all the how-to steps in the world don’t work if there isn’t first a heart change. Speaking with honesty and vulnerability they share their own mistakes and how God dealt with their hearts. The book will help stretch hearts, minds and homes past the image of “perfect” and another “happily ever after” into the hope of God’s promise to restore, heal and rebuild.
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Parents need to be wary of Lego blocks
Child safety experts have urged parents to be wary of small toy pieces such as Lego blocks and magnetic construction parts, saying kids older than three still face choking and infection risks.
The warning comes as a five-year-old boy remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after inhaling a Lego piece on the Gold Coast last night.
It also follows a study that found 105 children had presented at Queensland emergency departments with injuries from magnets between 1999 and 2009 – most of whom were more than three years old.
KidSafe Queensland executive officer Susan Teerds said parents of young children should continually reinforce the risk of swallowing small objects in the same way they would if the child had allergies or required gluten-free food.
Ms Teerds said children under three should not have access to objects that would fit through the inside of a toilet roll, such as Lego.
