My Child is Struggling Because Everything Is Being Cancelled
Here are 6 tips to help your child understand and process why their school fete, disco, sport events and play dates are being cancelled.
Parenting
Helping Your Child with Depression
Dealing with depression in our children is confronting. If you suspect your child might be depressed, here are some steps you can take.
What to Say to Children and Teens About COVID-19
Reports on COVID-19 are everywhere – on every screen, in every feed, at work, and school. But how much is too much information? And what is age appropriate?
Boys Have Body Image Issues Too
Whenever I ask a group of tween or teen boys what they think the main area of body focus is, for boys, they yell out, ‘A six-pack!’
3 Habits to Develop Healthy Parental Downtime
Parenting involves sacrifice. Whether it’s getting up early to take them to their game or going without in order to provide for them, it’s just what we do.
What if my Child is the Bully?
Nothing stirs the heart of a parent more than bullying. I don’t think there is a week that goes by without a story in the media about a child being bullied.
Winning Or Losing: How To Handle A Bad Sport
Regardless of whether your child wins or loses, you’re winning right? They’re at sport… but how do we handle bad sportsmanship?
Perfectionism – Stealing Children’s Confidence and Responsibility?
Sometimes the obsessive tendency for things to be ‘just so’ can undermine our goal to build confidence and responsibility into our kids.
How To Raise A Rebel
I am consistently being told by parents that they want to raise kids who are strong, independent thinkers. They want to raise leaders.
Do You Have Generational Gaps in Life-Skills?
“If she missed out on learning to cook, what else had her mother failed to pass on? Because clearly, you don’t know what you don’t know.”