The Parents' Jury
The Parents’ Jury has been around since 2004. We’re an online network of parents, carers and grandparents who want to change and improve the nutrition and physical activity environments of Australian kids. In other words, group of concerned people who want our kids to be healthy and active!
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Polls. Everyone asks you to do them and sometimes you’re not sure why. However, at The Parents' Jury we ask you to fill in approximately four polls a year and to us, it’s really important you do. Here are the three main reasons we ask for your views and what we do with the results…
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It's one thing to say you don't want your children to watch TV, but it’s quite another to actually introduce such a huge change to your family life. We know it's not good for our kids and wish it wasn't such a big part of their lives. However, it takes a lot of bravery to swim against the massive tidal wave of popular opinion and attempt to resist the allure of TV.
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First off, let me tell you that I just love eating out and I adore the variety and quality of restaurants in Melbourne. Believe me, there’s a lot more choice than I’m used to in Northern Ireland! I’ve been known to use any excuse to go out for lunch on Sundays, it’s one of my favourite times of the week.
Perversely however, I absolutely and positively loathe eating out on designated days. The thought of going out for a romantic meal on Valentine’s Day fills me with horror: the crowds (and extra tables squeezed in to take advantage of the demand); the specially composed ‘love’ menus; the manufactured ‘romance’ of it all makes me want to run for the hills. There’s not a chance of finding me in a restaurant on Christmas Day and no thank you, I don’t want to spend Mother’s Day being rushed to finish my food before the next sitting is due in!
