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Rise and shine

· The power of a good morning routine is often under-estimated. If mornings often go from calm to frantic in a matter of minutes, you might just need to fine tune your family's routine. Here are 3 things to bear in mind to get you started ·

Let me ask you a question: Have you ever felt that mornings in your household go from calm to frantic in a matter of minutes – and that you often…

Boost your child’s self-esteem (4 week online parenting course, starting May 3rd)

· Self-esteem is the foundation of a happy life. Give your child the gift of a strong inner compass and learn how to boost your child's self-esteem both in moments of discipline and when life is going great. ·

As a parent, we all want for our child to feel confident and deserving enough to take a big bite out of life. To share themselves and their talents with…

When the parenting tools don’t work

· As a well-read parent you know many of the strategies offered by parenting experts, you've bought the books and know the theory. But there is a sense that despite the best will in the world, the tools are not enough. This is a familiar but less talked about block to parenting more consciously ·

These days it is pretty easy to know a lot about many things. On social media the squares are filled with sage advice, memes and expert opinion neatly presented and…

Who’s responsible for the atmosphere in your home?

· When our children start speaking to us in ways that we don't like it is time to get curious. Yet, often we respond to disrespectful language and harsh attitudes like it is our child's job to change the tune. Here's why this approach will make you wait a long time, and what you can do right now to re-boot unwanted dynamics ·

Responsibility. It feels like a heavy word. But for a parent the concept of responsibility isn’t exactly foreign. From the moment we meet our little human we are acutely aware…

Are you dreading your child’s reaction?

· There is more to saying no than merely uttering this two letter word. The fact that our child's reaction is out of our control can make it tempting to stretch further than we actually want to in the pursuit of keeping the peace. But - there is a price to pay ·

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…

Three reasons threats don’t work as a motivation strategy

· You might think to yourself; threats never did me any harm when I stepped out line. So what's the big problem? The thing is, threats work in the here and now but don't give you what you ultimately yearn for ·

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…

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