Even the most loving families occasionally feel overwhelmed and stuck in certain family dynamics. Love alone does not automatically help us understand each other or enable us to resolve conflict and see things more clearly from our children’s or partner’s perspective. Often, what is missing is the access to a different perspective. The tools to…
Are you a fan of New Year’s resolutions? Personally I’ve always seen them as a glorified version of ‘I’ll start my diet on Monday’. And I can’t remember a single new year’s resolution ever changing my life beyond the 10th of January that year. That’s why I’m a much bigger believer in the power we…
Trust is an essential ingredient in close relationships. For us to feel safe and willing open up our heart in our romantic relationships we need to feel that our heart is safe with the other person. That they won’t betray our trust. When it comes to our children – trust is important too. We would all like to…
Have you ever noticed just how easily your children’s or partner’s negative mood can rob you of your own happy state? How easy it is to get sucked into your loved one’s stuff – and before you know it – the joy you were feeling has disappeared.
Why is helping our children to develop good self-esteem so important? Because self-esteem refers to the sense of worth we believe ourselves to have. The feeling that we matter in this world.
Many of the parents we meet at ParentingSuccess feel that after school activities take up more time than they would like and is to blame for some of the unwanted behaviours in their children.
This is a dreaded question for many of us parents. For two main reasons:
Summer is upon us and while It is important to have a rest from school, but we can still combine the holiday with fun activities that will support our child’s learning, independence, help them get ready to go back to school and at the same time have a great time together.
Sibling fighting can be one of the most stressful bits of daily life for parents (and others in the family). But when you think back to your own childhood: did you fight with your siblings? Well I for one did and I’m sure we drove our poor parents nuts! But it was almost like it was something we…
I thought I had it all under control until one by one my kids turned into tweens, then teens! Suddenly I did not know them – they started to talk back, have mood swings, need their privacy, respond violently to rules and limits and display some pretty rude behaviour. What had I done wrong? Nothing,…
