 We found out about the Kingston East neighbourhood group through the Child Health Clinic out at Springwood and it's been really, really good. I just didn't know a service like this existed. My family is all from New Zealand so I didn't know anyone that were having kids. Since I've started coming here I've got several friends now whose sons are all the same age. I feel they're very supportive. I've made relationships with other parents as well. As the teachers here. It's just sort of seeing them form friendships and to just watch them blossom within their parenting skills. It's a really beautiful experience. We do a lot of activities, crafts, singing, reading and so many things. Things like baby massage and music is introducing them to singing and having face-to-face contact with their carer or parent as well as positive sensory benefits of touch. The pre-prep courses were great and even before that the play groups and praise groups they were great. I've done parenting courses here and they benefit the whole family so much. There's all sorts of things that you can get out of it. The main one is socialisation for myself and for Bruce too. The first three years of a child's life, their brain is growing the most. So the more experiences that they have and opportunities to be supported in their development the more positively their brain will grow. You get to talk to other mums and have a chat about sleep and kind of feel good that you're not in it alone. Engaging with my child in a place like this I feel less isolated and it's good having that connection with the community. You can play with other kids and life is much better. We're not perfect but we see these things and we learn these things and it just clicks at a perfect point in our lives. Make some friends, socialise, let your kids have a run around, have a coffee with someone. Get out of the house.