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Beck Vass
Beck Vass is a columnist for Lifestyle at The New Zealand Herald.
We are your advocate, Aotearoa. Uncovering stories that matter, asking hard-hitting questions of those in power, live-blogging sport events, monitoring the highs and lows of the NZX and providing Premium expert opinion and analysis. Bringing you distinctive, quality journalism and breaking news from across New Zealand and around the world. With specialists working together to create indepth reads, engaging video, and unmissable podcasts.
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Beck Vass found herself unable to enjoy a day alone while her baby was in daycare.
"Some kids cry when their parents leave them but our child just did a happy dance."
Beck Vass is sending her son off to school. He's fine about it but she's not so thrilled.
Though it makes more financial and emotional sense, Beck Vass wanted to do it herself.
Are you ready to send your little treasures back to school? Beck Vass definitely is.
Beck Vass reveals the trials and tribulations of her baby's first dental visit.
From long showers to sporadic lawn mowing, Beck Vass is baffled by her husband's "help".
Beck Vass has spent her summer holidays identifying some uniquely Kiwi issues.
These were the most read columns by parenting writer Beck Vass in 2019.
When I shared my caught-in-the-nude moment with friends, several had similar stories.
Kids are like sharks, they smell the booze on you and make you suffer as much as possible.
Why do we insist on making our crying kids sit on a creepy looking, old man's lap?
Despite all my efforts, my kids don't listen, they don't respect anyone or anything.
It's only a matter of time before there's tinsel in his number twos.
Looking for gifts that stand the test of time - and won't drive you nuts too?
No one should feel guilty about doing this but all of us do, writes Beck Vass.
I worry about the impact my daughter is going to have on this poor innocent world.
Was I wrong to listen to the bakery owners when I tried to give a homeless man money?
All her friends were doing it. But Beck Vass only wasted time with this supermarket app.
In my entire life as a school mum, l have never been so embarrassed.
Everyone suggests a cream that's supposedly cured someone they know.
Are you confused about what your doctor's advised about measles? Beck Vass is.
"My son cried. I felt bad but not bad enough," writes Beck Vass.
This toy had been in our lives just five minutes and I already hated it.
Every day for the last two weeks I have told myself I will sort it. But I don't.
Beck Vass on the "gross discrepancy" in comments around recent deaths of Kiwi kids.
Coughing, sneezing, hacking, snotting - Beck Vass says people are un-necessarily gross.
Your selfish act could result in a serious injury or death, writes Beck Vass.
Comment: Beck Vass is calling out the "over-protective" parents behind the shut down.
Beck Vass shares what happened when she went back to booze after giving birth.
Lucky dad's - mum's don't have the luxury of bailing out of parenting their child.
My daughter wants to fart on people and my 4-year-old took a "d*** pic" using my phone.
Within a week or two, tiny newborn nappies start looking like g-strings.
What teachers are expected to do for their pay has become untenable, writes Beck Vass.
Beck Vass shares her Monday night mealtime meltdown.
Beck Vass asks, is it just me or did Easter sell out early this year?
After lying awake battling mental chatter, Beck Vass turned to her husband.
Sometimes Mum makes it all better, and sometimes she rubs salt in your wounds - literally.
"We were all love, inclusiveness and understanding, until it came to our rugby."
Beck Vass reveals her hacks for surviving a Farmers 50 per cent of kids clothes sale.
He's going to tell her everything. Even some stuff that isn't true but makes me sound bad.
I don't know what that kid had eaten but it smelled like Satan made it.
Beck Vass is struggling with a "hangry" little monster. And fears it's about to get worse.
Wanting to enjoy some time to yourself doesn't make you a bad mum.
And the other kids games than can cause serious injuries for adults.
Beck Vass has six reminders of the little things you've likely forgotten about your kids.
For all her family frustrations this summer, one saga has made Back Vass feel much better.
There's a phrase you're bombarded with before you even start looking for information.
The struggle is real, and this Kiwi mum just summed it up perfectly — who can relate?
Why you shouldn't buy undies to smooth out your undies - and other ridiculous products.
COMMENT: Beck Vass hoped her appointment would go smoothly. It didn't. Here's why.
Could that thing you think is making raising kids easier actually be making it harder?
Beck Vass: Vaccinating your baby is one of the first times you feel parental guilt.
After two natural births, Beck Vass thought she was on easy street with a c-section.
Better pay for teachers is an expensive problem to fix. But what will it cost if we don't?
It took being shattered after a c-section birth to upend Beck Vass' outlook on life.
As Beck Vass gives births, she worries she'll come out with a little "Slayer". Here's why.
COMMENT: I wanted to be Cool Mum and let the kids help. What a mistake that was.
Comment: Think the first trimester is tough? Beck Vass has news for you.
COMMENT: Beck Vass has two choices: Sign the forms or die.
"Panic. I can't do this." Beck Vass, due to give birth next month, reveals her fears.
Comment: Don't be the reason a pregnant woman is left crying into a packet of Tim Tams.
Beck Vass: How is stopping non-athletic kids from participating helping anyone?
COMMENT: I've had a friend stolen like this. In NZ it's rare to find anyone who hasn't.
My friends are going insane over the gender reveal of our baby. This brings me great joy.
"Where are the opinion pieces screaming that men chose their jobs over their children?"
"At the tender age of five-and-a-half, my daughter has just hit me with THE question."
COMMENT: Google only gets you so far when it comes to answering kids curly questions.
Beck Vass left Auckland for her kids but there are some things she'll always miss.
Comment: I brushed the sequins on a Smiggle notebook up and down. Damn, they're worth it.
In New Zealand, c-sections are to childbirth as formula is to feeding, writes Beck Vass.
Beck Vass can't help wonder if our PM had quite a different experience to the rest of us.
Beck Vass, mum-of-two with one on the way, on the shock and elation of giving birth.
Beck Vass was shocked by her son's game. Then she worked out what he was really saying.
Pregnancy rage at its peak, Beck Vass learns her tech-savvy husband isn't always right.
Mum left appalled after taking her son to hospital with a broken arm.
Beck Vass takes baby brain to the next level when she attempts a romantic night out.
After sharing her "ugly confessions" Beck Vass says she wishes she'd done this years ago.
Beck Vass: "Jacinda's running the country as I'm out losing my car. And my mind."