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Creating birthday rituals your kids will love

Birthdays are a big thing in our family

It’s a time to make each person feel special and we’ve developed some rituals over the years. 

The thing that really strikes me is that whatever age they kids are, they STILL like things to be done in the same way.

Every year

I think the...

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Pressing Pause

Last Wednesday evening I did my final free masterclass of a series of 3 'The 3 Secrets to Managing Tantrums and Challenging Behaviour'. About 10 minutes into the class my powerpoint presentation totally jammed and I couldn't click forward to my next slide.

My husband – aka my tech...

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The green eyed monster....

Do you ever feel jealous?

It’s not a great feeling, is it?

But it is a normal, human feeling.

We need to remember that children's feelings are raw and they are learning to regulate them.

I was working with a client recently who was having such a struggle with her toddler adapting to life...

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You must NOT hit your brother!

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 and 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...

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