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Advice to live by: for new parents and old
As I approach that time again (yes giving birth), it has led me to reflect on some of the advice that is usually offered as...
Read More >>Dont be sad for me: babies and their gender
Recently somebody asked me if I knew the sex of my unborn child. “Yes we do” I replied proudly, “we are having another little boy”....
Read More >>Speaking our childrens language: chat speak and internet acronyms
When reading over the shoulder of a young persons internet chatting or mobile phone texting, one could be forgiven for believing they had come across...
Read More >>11 Practical ways parents can help build self esteem
Self esteem is one of the most important aspects of our children’s development. Having a healthy and positive self esteem means our children feel...
Read More >>Why praise alone won’t build self esteem
Having a positive self esteem is one of the most important aspects of our child’s development. Of all the judgements we pass in life,...
Read More >>Trusting our instinct and doing whats right for ourselves and our family
With constant access to a never ending stream of information, it has never been so easy to get caught up in a world ‘googling’ all...
Read More >>How good are you at following through?
Whilst trying to tame the monster of effective parenting and discipline, we have all made a myriad of threats that for whatever reason we have...
Read More >>Technology and Parenting – A help or a hindrance?
Have the changes in technology made the job of parenting easier or harder? Do changes to the modern world mean changes to the way we...
Read More >>The Stepladder Approach to helping with anxiety
When anxiety is beyond ‘being a little bit shy and awkward’ and develops instead into something unreasonably fearful, there are steps we as a parent...
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