Your child starting school is a big day for both him and yourself. Goodbye nursery or childminder – HELLO to a whole new world. As a mum of two – about to go into year 2 and year 5 – I would like to share with you what I wish I’d known before my children…
Would you want to know how your child finds you as a parent and what your partner feels about you as a partner? Few things are easier than pointing out the various ways that our partner fails to meet our expectations and how our child’s attitude feels unreasonable. It can feel far more daunting to…
These words of wisdom are often offered by us when conflict erupts between our children; when our youngest copies our oldest – and our oldest is about to lose it. “Just don’t react” If only it were that easy for a child. Or for us, for that matter. Because the truth is, irrespective of our…
One of the most challenging aspects of parenting is staying sane in the face of our children’s counter-will. There are many words for what happens when our children refuse to cooperate with us; opposition defiance or stubbornness. The list goes on. And in the heat of the moment it can feel almost impossible to not…
Sibling quarrels can be one of the biggest stresses and threats to a happy home life. They will often fight over things that feel trivialt to us; who gets more who won and who gets to choose first. And you might have found that no matter how often yout tell them that these things don’t…
If you were to be given a coin for every time your child asks you a question that requires you to say yes or no – and often RIGHT NOW – you would be laughing all the way to the bank. Numerous times a day we get to flex our boundary setting muscles which should…
As a parent we all want for our child to feel confident enough to take a big bite out of life. To share themselves and their talents with the world and grow up knowing that they are more than the grades on their report card. But how exactly do we foster these qualities in our…
“He’s addicted” Said a father of a teenage boy to me in a private session. He and his wife had sought my support to help them deal with their son’s obsessive gaming and YouTube habits. These parents were deeply concerned for their son, who since the first lockdown had become increasingly withdrawn and interested only…
Have you ever found it hard not to set the record straight when your child tells you that you’re rude or ALWAYS say no and JUST DON’T GET IT? If so – you are completely normal. It can feel almost impossible to resist the urge to contradict and defend against what can feel like an…
I think very few parents can say they’ve never given a threat when faced with a child who just WILL NOT listen. After all, most of us were raised in this way. “Do this..or…” ‘Threat’ may sound like an exaggeration to you. But if a friend or your partner talked to you in this way…
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