Sue Cox is a breastfeeding educator, author and online facilitator with BreastEd. She has been a breastfeeding educator since 1975, when she first became a counsellor for the Australian Breastfeeding Association Since then Sue Cox has become widely recognised for her work. She was named the ‘Breastfeeding Sister’ at Royal Hobart Hospital, was the first ABA representative to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and was grand-parented as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).  She has also represented the South Pacific Region on the IBLCE Examination Committee, was the President of the Board of Directors of the International Lactation Consultant Association and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours list.


Author and freelance writer, Candice Lemon-Scott, spoke with Sue about the release of her new book, Baby Magic: Planning For a Lifetime of Love and discovered a passionate advocate for babies, mums, dads and the power of love. Visit Baby Magic for more information. This is Part One of Candice's interview.

In our October 'Additional Needs' issue (out now) we didn't have the space to cover the depth and breadth of the Additional Needs spectrum. Exclusively online we bring you this story by Gloria Hamilten on ADHD and the role of self worth.

Have you found self-confidence a fragile, fickle friend? As humans, we seem to be constantly plagued by self-doubt and our belief in ourselves is only as strong as our last achievement or praise we received. As a parent and teacher, I’m keenly aware of this fact and how incredibly important it is for a child’s self-confidence to be meaningfully bolstered when they are young. In actual fact, self-confidence is really an outer manifestation of how strong a child’s feeling of self-worth is. In other words, how strong their self-esteem or self-image is.