Parenting a Child Through Anxiety

Parenting Tips

Parenting can be hard but parenting children with anxiety brings it to another level. When our kids suffer, we suffer. So, when our kids have anxiety we are always on the lookout for how we can support and help them go back to being happy and stable again and just...
Co-parenting and legal rights

Co-parenting and legal rights

Parenting Tips

Everything you need to know about arrangements for children upon divorce/separation  Written by Saika Alam, family law solicitor and Mette Theilmann, parenting mentor.   What are the orders that a court can make when parents cannot agree over the children?   By Saika...

When our kids disappoint us.

Parenting Tips

It goes without saying as a parent that our kids will disappoint us at some stage and that is OK. What matters is how we deal with it and get to the other side. When I was a child, my dad made a point of never saying that he was disappointed in us. He would happily...

You get what you ask for…

Parenting Tips

I know this sounds a bit harsh, so we can also say, ‘what you focus on the most you will cultivate and grow – until it becomes reality’. The same thing, just sounds nicer. Do you have a challenging child? Then I know it’s tempting to talk about them to friends, family...

When can we stop parenting and retire?

Parenting Tips

Let’s start with the fact that we never stop being a parent. No matter how old our kids are - 5, 10, 20 or 35 -  we will always be their parents. My oldest is 24 and I still call her my child, and I am still her parent -  but I feel that I have stopped parenting her....