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One of the questions I get asked the most frequently is 'Why won't my child just the simple things like brushing her teeth or getting in the bath?'
Do you have these frustrations?
As many of you know, when Nico my eldest was 2 ½ we got help with our parenting as he was such a...
I don’t know about you but I never planned to be the kind of parent that shouted at my children.
I planned to be chilled, calm, patient and kind.
Yet I found that my anger and impatience would boil up like a pressure cooker.
And I’d wind up shouting.
It would usually be after...
We are going through hugely stressful situations.
The worst many of us will have ever experienced and yet we still have a choice.
We can get into a vicious cycle of feeling negative, irritated by our children and then snapping at them for the tiniest thing.
They then feel unloved and...
If you are worried about disappointing your children on Christmas day - read on for inspiration for rituals that don't cost you anything
Remember, a month or two after Christmas you’ll find that your children barely ever remember what they have been given. What they do remember...
It is unrealistic to expect our kids not to get excited about we might give them at this time of year, rather than what they might give us. They are so often asked what they want or what they are getting, they are bombarded with advertisements showing them happy children receiving...
‘How DARE you speak to me like that?’
Have you said this to your child?
When children are rude to us it lights a touch paper and makes our blood boil.
How can someone so small have the audacity to speak to an adult like that – namely their parents?
Often we don’t see what...
We were really happy when Felix, our second child came along. Nico was so sweet with him.
At first.
He wanted to hold him, stroke him, show him off.
We felt like we’d done it all right.
That we'd produced a lovely playmate for him.
We felt that because we’d been so...
“No one else’s child behaves as badly as mine”
Have you ever felt that?
You imagine other households and think that their children sit at the table and eat their food without a fuss.
- They don’t run in the opposite direction when it is time to wash their hands.
-...
So is ‘Time-out’ any better than the ‘Naughty step’?
Firstly, I am against the naughty step for a number of reasons –
It gives the child the label ‘naughty’ and kids live up to a negative label. Even if you describe it as ‘naughty...
It is so easy to get into petty squabbles that turn into full blown fights and before we know it, it can get nasty.
My husband Paul and I have been married 24 years – I know, that seems like a lifetime!
We’ve navigated four children through years of breastfeeding, nappy changing,...
In this week’s blog I’m going to tell you about my clients Jenna and Ed who did my Tailored Support Package private sessions with me. It is such privilege to do the work. Every client is special to me and I get such pleasure from helping them transform their family life.
Jenna...
I just heard the inspirational speaker James Shone who founded 'I can and I am' a charity that inspires children (and adults) to focus on what they can do, not on their weaknesses. James was inspired by the psychologist Carole Dwek who writes extensively about growth...
