Tips, topics, ideas, advice and food for thought to prompt discussions and
interactions between you and your child that will help them navigate life.
(Also - a little bit about what I have been up to.)
(This is a post about older children and teenagers.) I learnt about the normative effect several years ago at a…
Mindfulness has received a lot of attention in the last few years and for good reason. However, while there are…
I think many of us distract our child away from their uncomfortable emotions and away from the resulting likely outbursts…
I believe that as a nation, we are rubbish at debate. Although debate does happen in schools, learning how to…
‘Sorry, sorry’ you often hear a woman say when she has burst into tears. ‘Man up,’ or ‘pull yourself together’,…
You know how when you listen to a tune that evokes instant (and strong) happy memories and how you are…
The emotion that seems to cause the most concern with parents/carers that I talk to is their child’s anger. This…
Being a parent or carer is not an easy job. It’s 24/7 and there isn’t a manual to guide you.…
When it comes to talking to kids about sex, intimate relationships and body parts, some adults stop being their usual…
When a child does something wrong, most of us have been taught that the child needs to be punished. Punishments…
There are words for emotions in different languages that do not translate directly or straightforwardly into English because the emotion…
Obviously nobody can guess what another person is feeling with 100% accuracy all of the time. “I am wondering…” is…
