Dec 10, 2020 | Parenting Tips, Toddlers, Tweens and Teens
Kids are very clever and quick to learn and adapt. They are like small scientists. Curious about everything that goes on around them and always on the lookout for alternatives, options and opportunities. And of course looking for means to get their own way! And that...
Dec 4, 2020 | Parenting during the lockdown, Parenting Tips
The importance of setting long term parenting goals! As parents we often tend to parent from a certain kind of short-term goal; which is a quick fix where we aim for peace, quiet and happy kids in the here and now. But I would like us to start with the end in mind and...
Dec 3, 2020 | Boost your Child's Confidence, Parenting Tips, Raising Children through cancer, Seperation/Divorce
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...
Oct 4, 2020 | Boost your Child's Confidence, Parenting Tips
Our kids’ behaviours and attitudes can really bring out the worst in us and make us do and say things which upon reflection we think, ‘Wow! That wasn’t my finest hour, I wish I could take that back!’ And I am sure we have all been there where we have (unintentionally)...
Sep 15, 2020 | Parenting Tips
A lot of parents have a tendency to speak to their kids about themselves in the 3rd person… ‘mummy is very happy’, ‘daddy got really mad’, ‘you made mummy upset’, ‘you made daddy really proud’ and so on. And yet here is the funny thing – NO ONE did this...
Sep 12, 2020 | Parenting like a Dane!, Parenting Tips, Toddlers, Tweens and Teens
I hate you… These three small words can really provoke deep emotions and bring out the worst behaviour in us. We might end up saying and doing things that we later regret and wish we could take back. This also stops us from becoming a good role model for how to...