Kindred magazine, until its final issue in March 09, had over the 7 years of its life become one of the world's, and certainly Australia's, best and most informative eco parenting magazine. Full of groundbreaking research and parent friendly information, it was an independent voice for reason and intelligence not beholden to corporate PR and spin.
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Please note: In December 2006 (Vol 20), byronchild magazine had its name changed to Kindred. Therefore, back editions from March 2002 (Vol 1) – Sept 2006 (Vol 19) have the masthead byronchild. However, inside every edition, it’s the same great magazine.
Kindred ceased to be published after 29 issues. Currently 23 issues are still in print, while all 29 are available digitally. If you want to place an order for Kindreds then email Mark and he will contact you around Xmas and fulfil your order.
Vol 29 December 2008 - February 2009 - what's inside:
Vol 28 December 2008 - February 2009 - what's inside:
Vol 27 September - November 2008 - what's inside: Kali's editorial - Tiny Crosses Raising Drug-free Kids: 100 tips for parents Presence - Emotional wellbeing as a preventative for drug use From Harry Potter to Pot Know your Drugs Muslim Women as a Battlefield Intelligent Growth - Being Green is not anti-growth Blessingway - pregnancy ritual for the 21st century What is in a cup of tea?
Vol 26 June - August 2008 - what's inside: The Rolf Method of Structural Integration - Bodywork for Pregnancy Healthy Home Renovations Planting a Friendship Seed - the joy of siblings Vaginal Birth after Caesarean - VABC Wars - VBAC- Can we? Should we? Will we? - My path to a successful VBAC - Time to Give Mother Guilt a Hersterectomy Only Clean What is Seen - the myths of foreskin retraction What is Unschooling? Sugar: Weapon of mass consumption
Vol 25 March - May 2008 - what's inside: When someone you love dies Death through the eyes of a child The natural birth/death connection Still Born Growing a Community Creating a School/Community Garden The Fluoride Debate: are we poisoning our kids? The Northern Territory Intervention Many Hands: Creating parental support Adopting an older child: a woman's journey
Vol 24 December 2007 - February 2008 - what's inside: Ultrasound Scans: Are they Worth the Risk Plastics in our Home and our Child's Toys: Which ones are Safe? Teenagers and Sex: Are they ready? How to Talk with your Teenager about Tough Issues Grade Wool and Wheat, not our Kids Are there enough Fish in the Sea: Sustainable seafood consumption Why I love to Vacuum When a Child is Shy
Vol 23 September - November 2007 - what's inside: Kindred’s Ultimate Nappy Guide – what are your options, and How much …? Relationship – Saying What’s Real Spiritual Composting – the Inner and Outer of Biodynamic Farming How to Talk with your Teenager about Porn It was the Boy – inside Villawood, Australia’s Refugee Detention Centre Your Child is Like The Rain
Vol 22 June - August 2007 - what's inside: Masquerade - Ugly truths behind the Cosmetics Industry From Control to Connection - a Unschooling Journey A Call from the Wild - How Children Need Nature Weapons of Mass Induction - How TV affects your life Food - a Question of Ethics A Child Gives Birth to a Man A Green Tram
Vol 21 March - May 2007 - what's inside: The Homework Myth Learn how to Massage your Baby Nuclear – Is it really the greenhouse solution it is made out to be? What Food Companies Don’t Want You to Know Chores: Great for kids Real talk about Post-Natal Depression
Out of print, only available digitally Vol 20 December 2006 - February 2007 - what's inside: How food affects your kids’ moods How to Wear your Baby Why Going Local can Save the World The Con of Controlled Crying On the Run – how busy-ness robs you of your health, happiness and productivity
Vol 19 September - November 2006 - what's inside: Kids and Chemicals: Don't Mix Mummy Do it - Addressing fathers' anxiety about being number 2 Home is where the Birth is Festivals: Cultural Solutions to Community Issues Babies, Bureaucrats and Business The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Bird Flu: Little to Fear
Vol 18 June - August 2006 - what's inside: After Attachment…what then? Globalisation Explained Let's Go - Travelling with your Baby My Baby Went Back to the Stars - A personal account of miscarriage Increase Your Chances to Conceive, Naturally Montessori: An approach to life
Vol 17 March - May 2006 - what's inside: The Future of Food: genetically engineered food, global biopollution and the resurrection of local food systems The Cosiness of Co-sleeping The Pill - The myths, the politics and the consequences Legacy of Treason - Depleted Uranium and the poisoning of humanity Choosing homebirth
Vol 16 December 2005 - February 2006 - what's inside: Into the Mystery of the Adolescent Mind Keeping the Connection - Parenting with love and respect instead of fear and coercion Good Morning! - 7 strategies to easing the morning mayhem! Supporting Boys to Love Reading Peace Between the Sheets - discovering healing and transformation through intimacy
Vol 15 September - November 2005 - what's inside: In the Garden of Earthly Delights - How breastfeeding forges the wellbeing of the world Deep Downshifting - living a life of no regrets From Horror to Hope: the evolution of child rearing Television - dumbing down or tuning in? The Kingdom of Childhood - An Introduction to Steiner Education
Vol 14 June - August 2005 - what's inside: Making the Switch: the thinking family's guide to sustainable living When Yelling is Worse than Spanking Regaining Sanity - Part 2 Coming out of isolation in to a community style of parenting How to Have a Happy Marriage When You're Busy Being Parents Should I Vaccinate my Child?
Vol 13 March - May 2005 - what's inside: A Dragon By The Tail details the corruption of scientific research into vaccination by big business with the assistance on government bodies. A Kindred/byronchild world exclusive Who's in Charge - the downside of confusing continuum parenting with child-centredness Who Cares? - Making informed choices about childcare Regaining Sanity - Discovering the Balance between Time, Money ... and your Life. Part I Fly, Baby, Fly - Tips for Happy Takeoffs, Landings and Everything In Between
Vol 12 December 2004 - February 2005 - what's inside: Autism is Treatable Hope that is Real, Treatments that Heal Understanding Children's Feelings - A guide to aware parenting Twenty Alternatives to Punishment Saving the World Every Day Little things you can do that really add up Fathers and Daughters
Vol 11 September - November 2004 - what's inside: Prenatal testing - Technological Triumph or Pandora's Box? The Healing Gap Dealing with the times we stumble Feminism, Childcare and Family Mental Health: Have Women Been Misled by Equality Feminism? Men of Colour in a White World Creating Learning Communities Freeing Education to create a sustainable co-operative Society Image: The Fantasy of Reality
Out of print, only available digitally Vol 10 June - August 2004 - what's inside: Intact - Protecting our boys from circumcision The Intelligence of the Heart Practical Tools for "Misbehaviour" and Setting Limits: A Little Support for Those Who Choose not to Punish Our Children Food: Battlefield or source of health and happiness? - Is there a choice? The Corporatisation of Education Creating a Children's Garden
No longer in print, only available digitally Vol 09 March - May 2004 - what's inside: The Origins of Love: How culture shapes the developing brain Attachment Parenting: Eight principles of bonding Why Men Leave Computers in Early Childhood Education Is Your Bathroom Toxic?
Vol 08 December 2003 - February 2004 - what's inside: Ordinary Lives, Everyday Violence Plain Talk about Spanking - The Heart of Parenting: Nonviolent Communication in Action Christmas Outside of the Box Rethinking Gifts and Giving The Age of Empowerment: supporting teens through the tough times Genetic Engineering - Is it real food or just a disguise?
No longer in print, only available digitally Vol 07 September - November 2003 - what's inside: Homeschooling - is it the wave of the future? Crying and Emotional Release in Babies The Parent's Bill of Rights - Putting families before commercialism Stand up to your Wife Going Cloth - Changing the world one nappy at a time Baxter Detention Centre - Australia's Hell
Vol 06 June 2003 - August 2003 - what's inside: The Spirit of Learning: innovative, holistic education and learning for Life Looking Past the Behaviour Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job" Boys will be Boys Healing Shame and Co-dependency
Vol 05 March 2003 - May 2003 - what's inside: Giving Birth - the endocrinology of ecstasy Lost Children, Lost Society - a portrait of a post-modern family Toddlers - to tame or to trust What Consistency Looks Like in a Dad Martial Arts - a foundation for life and learning Parents and Teens
No longer in print, only available digitally Vol 04 December 2002 - February 2003 - what's inside: Sticks and Stones - bullying and your child Break out of the Box - television and medias effect on our kids The Hurried Child - are we pushing kids to learn too much too fast? Can Yuppies Bear Children? I Used to Have a Life - being a step-dad
Out of print, only available digitally Vol 03 Sept - November 2002 - what's inside: Raising a Child with Special Needs Yoga for Children Being a Single Mum Healing Birth, Healing the Earth Rites of Passage for Boys
Vol 02 June - August 2002 - what's inside: Child Sexual Abuse - a true story The Power of Story Redefining Men Magical Child - an excerpt Allies in Love - nurturing relationship between parents
Vol 01 March - May 2002 - what's inside: ADHD - Is it Real? Why aren't Most Men, Men? Circumcision... Why? Every Mother Knows Being Seduced to Induce The 21st Century Tribe as a Family Support Network
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