Behaviour
Saying yes to say no to your kids: getting discipline right
Saying yes to say no? Don’t we make it harder for ourselves if we give in? Of course…..sometimes. Disciplining our children is one of the
August 25, 2015 12 Comments
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Anxiety
Your kid isn’t trying to make you miserable: understanding your child’s behaviour
“You are just doing this to annoy me”, “Are you trying to make me miserable?” These are the desperate pleas I heard from a mother
March 30, 2015 17 Comments
3 ways to get children to cooperate: cues to better behaviour
There is nothing more frustrating than a toddler or young child that put ups the same arguments, procrastinations, tantrums and refusals in order to avoid
January 23, 2012 10 Comments
Would you dob on your own child?
How far would you go to teach your child a lesson? The recent riots in the UK led to the revelation that a mother, on
August 18, 2011 10 Comments
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
July 1, 2011 2 Comments
13 Things I Have Learnt from My First 3 Kids To Help Me Parent The Next 2
As we parent each new child we gain more knowledge, we learn more strategies, we make more mistakes and we continue to come to the
April 13, 2011 15 Comments
Equality is not always the answer. Why we cant always be fair…
“That is sooooooo not fair” wailed my 9 year old from the bathroom. Not really sure what he was wailing about but my swift response was an equally
April 8, 2011 10 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
Saying No to our kids – without the arguments, tears and tantrums
How often do we respond to a childs request by saying ‘no’ only to be worn down by negotiations, arguments, tantrums, whining and over-explaining? Saying “no” translates instead to, “I’ll
February 28, 2011 7 Comments
The grateful child – Can we teach our kids the art of gratitude?
Probably one of the more difficult lessons to teach our children is the art of gratitude. Can we in fact teach them to sit back,
February 25, 2011 7 Comments