If you have had kids coming home from school or preschool telling you they are getting a hard time from someone there then you will know that that situation it is a real rattler. For them... and for us. This month’s blog on this topic is super short. Obviously, if it is bullying and a [...]
One minute we are birthing them, the next we are buying sensible black shoes and prepping them for big school. Like at any time of transition... the emotion that sits around this event has the potential to blow out as our parenting fears send us a bit wobbly. "Have I done enough?" "Are they ready?" [...]
Who will be spoiling you this Christmas, while you are spoiling everyone else? Let Love Parenting do that. Starting today... right through the ‘holus bolus’ end-of-year festive season and into the New Year... then for as long as you want on-tap professional parenting support and advice to keep the parenting overwhelm at bay. [...]
Keep this strategy in mind for when you next need your child to immediately stop a behaviour. Maybe they have just swatted a sibling and are heading in for another go....or they are edging towards doing something that will break something....you will have your own 'usual suspects' of behaviours I'm sure..... USE YOUR BODY Step [...]
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 had with Jenny [...]
ABC Newcastle Interview with Dan Cox Parent: "Hey kids - time to turn that off" Kids: "Awww - do I haaaaaave to?" How do you manage screen time during weekends and school holidays at your place? Are you and your kids clear about where the boundaries sit? Or could you do with some tips on [...]
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 with enthusiasm for sharing what she has [...]
Christmas is over. New Years has been and gone. For many families the family holiday away has passed as well. Still to come for many of the families I work with are weeks and weeks of juggling being back at work while at the same time keeping the kids adequately supervised and occupied. This blog [...]
ABC Newcastle Interview with Jenny Marchant It can be hard to watch a child of ours not radiate with glee apon opening their christmas gifts. We can flare up with with concerns they have become entitled and ungrateful, and the next thing we know Christmas Day has gotten off to a bumpy start. Listen here [...]
Imagine this - it is Sunday. You are just back from a fabulous holiday and the back to work dread has crept in. You moan to your partner, saying you wish you didn't have to work tomorrow and how ready you are to quit that place. You KNOW you have to go, and that you [...]
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