March 2011 - The Modern Parent

Stop bailing out the kids – and give them the skills to help themselves

It is only natural when our children are faced with loss, failure, disappointment or rejection that we want to step in, take away the loss,

March 28, 2011 3 Comments

Guilt and Motherhood- Wasted Emotion or Part of the Package?

Guilty Mother Syndrome! Is it something you are automatically injected with the minute those double lines appear on the wee stick! I cannot tell you

March 23, 2011 16 Comments

Being The Best Parent You Can Be

How can you be the best parent you can be? How do you know that you are doing the best job when others are doing

March 19, 2011 7 Comments

Tv Mums & their Parenting Styles : Role Models or Pure Entertainment?

Before I had children I knew exactly the type of parent I was going to be and subsequently I knew exactly the type of children

March 15, 2011 20 Comments

Helping Children Grieve Part 3: Practical ways for parents to help their children cope with loss

My previous posts have looked at helping children grieve and how a childs age and development can determine their reaction to grief. I will finish this

March 13, 2011 2 Comments

Helping Children Grieve Part 2 -How age can determine a childs response to grief

Whilst children respond very differently to the loss of a loved one, there does appear to be some identifiable patterns of behaviour largely determined by

March 10, 2011 4 Comments

Helping Children Grieve

Grieving is a very personal experience and many of us will find that we deal with grief in very different ways. This of course, is

March 7, 2011 12 Comments

Picking the Battles With Our Children – Negotiable vs Non-Negotiable Rules

The family unit can only run smoothly when respect, rules and a clear set of boundaries are firmly entrenched. In my previous post, Saying No to our

March 3, 2011 13 Comments