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Our relationships with our kids are complex.  Often there is one we just find so eaaaasy. And one who we just don’t find easy. Life gets hard when this dynamic exacerbates. If you can relate to this, and are feeling the stress from it, then listen in here for a chat I...
What a year to have parented through

What a year to have parented through

Crikey! If you are a parent looking to leave behind all you can in 2020 then here is a simple family activity for you: Choose a moment in time between now and the end of the year. After school on the last day of term works well. Or as you set off on a family holiday....
Sometimes my partner’s disciplining scares me

Sometimes my partner’s disciplining scares me

Maybe you are familiar with this situation – standing to one side cringing at the level of emotion that your partner is dishing out to your child.  Every molecule of you reacting to the fact it has gotten more physical or more shame-evoking than you know is useful and...
Our Child’s Inner Critic

Our Child’s Inner Critic

When our kids say things like “I’m not pretty” or “I’m so dumb” we can easily worry that it is a reflection of how they feel about themselves in general and non-usefully project forward visualising them as teens all bound up in angst and self-hate head to toe in black...
Connecting through Complimenting

Connecting through Complimenting

Whether our kids are unsure of themselves or brimming with confidence, it is useful to think about the way we connect with them through compliments. I will include a link to a TED talk below, in which Cheryl Ferguson, a music teacher from Winnipeg in Canada who beams...