PARENTING
Building Family Strengths with Humour
Families who have a sense of humour are more likely to feel good, get on more easily and are more forgiving of one another. So laughter makes sense.
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TEENAGERS
Ten Simple Things to do Every Day as a Parent of a Teenager
Sue Atkins suggests we can never be too loving with our teenagers. We should get rid of any idea that hugging them or telling them you love them is them.
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BABIES
The First Weeks of Breastfeeding
Kathy Fray talks about the frequent need for a huge amount of personal determination and unshaken commitment to get breastfeeding established in those turbulent first weeks.
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KIDS
Helping Kids Get Rid of Anxiety
About 1 in 10 kids suffer from anxiety. Nearly 50% of adult sufferers of anxiety say it began in childhood, so this is the time to teach anxious kids how to cope.
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PARENTING
Ten Ways to Tell If YOU Need a Time-Out
A time-out is an opportunity to re-energise and get ready to effectively address the situation at hand. Adults as well as kids need this time.
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TODDLERS
Setting Effective Limits with Toddlers
Setting limits can be one of the most challenging aspects of being a parent. If we do it right, our kids will internalize the ability to set limits for themselves - self-discipline.
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TEENAGERS
How to Deal with Difficult Teachers
When hearing complaints from kids, parents often fall into one of two camps: either they automatically take their kid's side or that of the teacher. Try these tips instead.
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KIDS
How to Raise a Socially Intelligent Child
Your child lives in a very complicated social world. What does it mean for a child to be socially competent and how can you help?
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FAMILY MATTERS
Dinner: 30 Minutes to a More Connected Family
You’ve probably heard that having dinner together as a family is a good thing for your kids, but you may not realise that it could change your child’s life.
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TEENAGERS
When Your Kid Breaks Your Heart
If we mourn our children's choices, we need to find ways to lift ourselves out of depression and anxiety. So, what do we do when our child breaks our heart?
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POSITIVE PARENTING
8 Things People Never Tell You About Having Kids
Kids are fun and parenting is so rewarding there’s no doubt about it. But there are things no one tells you about parenthood.
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TEENAGERS
Peer Pressure – What You Need to Know
Handling peer pressure is one of the most challenging things young people are faced with. As parents, we can help our kids with this challenge.
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POSITIVE PARENTING
Seven Secrets of Spirited Single Mums
Parenting alone can be challenging. Here are some tips to help you create a home that is a stronghold of love from which to launch children into a lifetime of purpose.
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PARENTING
Foolproof Strategies for Getting Kids to Talk
How can we get our kids to open up and talk? These strategies will help and the more they get used to it the more natural it will become.
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KIDS
How to Stop Three Year Old from Swearing
Three year olds are experimenting with power, so when they find a word that gets a reaction they naturally want to keep saying it. What to do?
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POSITIVE PARENTING
Discovering Your Beliefs About Kids
Our beliefs effect what we do and the way we do it. Are the beliefs you hold about parenting and kids helping or hindering your parenting?
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PARENTING
The ABC’s of Sideline Etiquette for Parents
Our behaviour on the sidelines is as important as our child’s behaviour between the lines. Here’s some tips on how to offer support without going over the top.
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TEENAGERS
Transforming Boys into Good Men
How do you find that balance between letting boys be boys and training them in the ways of good men?
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PARENTING
Empathic Parenting
Parenting with empathy is a double gift to your child – a tool to manage emotions and also help to develop empathy for others.
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PARENTING
Flying Solo
Setting off into single parenting can seem daunting - but we can discover choices about our attitude that help.
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PARENTING
Job Description of the Week - Mother Wanted
Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess many skills.
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TODDLERS
Helping Your Toddler Learn to Sleep
Here’s how to get your busy toddler to learn to put himself to sleep, and to stay asleep without fuss.
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PARENTING
The Secret Of High-Energy Parents
Want to increase your energy as a parent so it becomes more enjoyable? Here are some practical suggestions.
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TEENAGERS
How to Reach Your Teen’s Heart
Barbara McRae suggests if we have a teen try asking ourselves: “How do I react when I hear my teen coming home?” Could be interesting…
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PARENTING
Navigating Through Divorce With Kids
How to get through the tough times of separation and protect children from the fallout at the same time.
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PARENTING
Kid’s Birthday Parties – Can They be Stress Free?
Here’s some ideas on throwing parties for kids and keeping them relatively stress free – starting with your family values.
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PARENTING
Can Your Kids Trust You?
You’re being tested! If they can trust you with the little stuff, they’ll come to you with the big stuff.
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PARENTING
Pocket Money
When money flows freely from parents, it takes on the same value from a child’s perspective as water flowing from a tap.
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CHILDREN
Charlie Bit My Finger
This YouTube video has had a record number of hits. It captures one of those funny, spontaneous things that happen with kids.
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KIDS
Ten Tips for Helping Your Child Adjust to School
Your child is off to school every morning but is sometimes starting with tears or maybe a tummy-ache. What can you do?
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PARENTING
Spoiled Rotten
What do we mean when we say our kids are ‘spoiled rotten’ and is it true?
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PARENTING
6 Things You Can Do to Change Your Child’s Life
It’s the little things that really matter - the things we do today will shape our child’s life. Here are 6 great suggestions of ways to have positive input.
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PARENTING
Shopping Cart Lessons
Children are watching your shopping cart return behaviour. What are you teaching them?
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TEENAGERS
Challenging Kids
It’s good to realise difficult behaviours often show up when an underlying, unsolved problem has been festering.
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FAMILIES
7 Time Management Tips for Real Families
We are encouraged to get more done in less time -great in theory but this can lead to burnout. Here’s how to reduce stress.
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PARENTING
Teaching Children Good Judgement
Give your child experience in making decisions and make sure he or she has the opportunity to learn.
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PARENTING
School is Back - For Mum!
While the summer may have meant lazy days without schedules or routines, the school year brings about something else entirely.
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FAMILY HEALTH
Supercharge Your Kid's Diet
As a new school year begins you have an opportunity to add more real foods to your child's diet every day.
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PARENTING
Why Positive Discipline
Research confirms that physical force teaches children all the wrong lessons. There are better ways.
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PARENTING
Ditch the Super Mum Syndrome
The pursuit of the Super Mum is an endless search with a great cost.
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KIDS
Explaining World Tragedy to Children
How do we reassure children when they see distressing world events on TV and start to ask questions?
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FAMILIES
Make Your Ideal Family a Reality
A great family life doesn’t just happen. A great family is more likely to succeed if everyone is working together.
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TODDLERS
Two Year Olds Getting Past No
Between 12 and 15 months, we learn we are separate, autonomous beings with a will of our own who can have an impact. Lookout!
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POSITIVE PARENTING
Kids Who Desperately Seek Yes!
Ever had a child who keeps hounding you until they get the response they want? Or one who seeks out another adult instead who will give them what they want?
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