The veteran broadcaster talks about fatherhood, marriage and the challenges of his own childhood as he releases a book about children’s health
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At what must be the world’s most well-situated lawn bowls club, the ground is stripped to flat squares before the infinite, impossible blue of the Pacific Ocean. From the Clovelly clifftop, the sea itself is geometric: the horizon, a clean faithful line. Just down the hill from here, beyond the rock pools, says Dr Norman Swan, is one of the best swimming spots in Australia.
It has been a cold winter, but today – if you only looked at it – could be mid-summer. The sky is cerulean. And in the early afternoon sun, it is warm, too. It is here that the doctor, broadcaster and – to some – “king of Covid” has come to talk about why the “easy” period of childhood is not so easy at all and why parenting may never have been quite this hard.
Continue reading… The veteran broadcaster talks about fatherhood, marriage and the challenges of his own childhood as he releases a book about children’s healthGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt what must be the world’s most well-situated lawn bowls club, the ground is stripped to flat squares before the infinite, impossible blue of the Pacific Ocean. From the Clovelly clifftop, the sea itself is geometric: the horizon, a clean faithful line. Just down the hill from here, beyond the rock pools, says Dr Norman Swan, is one of the best swimming spots in Australia.It has been a cold winter, but today – if you only looked at it – could be mid-summer. The sky is cerulean. And in the early afternoon sun, it is warm, too. It is here that the doctor, broadcaster and – to some – “king of Covid” has come to talk about why the “easy” period of childhood is not so easy at all and why parenting may never have been quite this hard. Continue reading… Life and style, Health, Children, Parents and parenting
