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Do you ever fall into the trap of being a “shouty mum” or “bellowing dad”? Maybe it’s trying to help your kids with homework, or the pres…

There are a lot of parenting myths out there. The dictionary defines a myth as “a commonly believed but false idea.” And that’s the probl…

Mental health is a big problem for many people. It’s estimated that 1 in 6 of us will have experienced a common mental health problem wit…

More and more parents are moving away from traditional discipline methods (i.e. physical punishments like smacking). And the “time out” i…

Discipline is sometimes seen as a dirty word – I think we all remember being disciplined as children. Perhaps we resented it at the time …

I think everyone has had the experience of being afraid of the dark. And it can be a really big problem for kids. I have many memories of…

Have you got an interfering Mother in Law? Maybe it’s a friend who just can’t keep her opinions to herself? Or perhaps it’s your own mum …

GENTLE PARENTING… at best, it’s seen as weak parenting by the snowflake generation; at worst, it’s portrayed as downright lazy. Let me …

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Change is an inevitable part of life. Big life events can cause anxiety, insecurity and upheaval, and…

I’m going rogue! I may be a gentle parenting blogger, but there’s one aspect of gentle parenting that I just can’t get on board with – th…

No don’t worry – I’m not about to advocate letting your little ones watch an ‘18’ film or drink a shot of vodka (!), but there are lots o…

Humans are complicated! You can have fifty people attend an event and end up with fifty different opinions of it, because we all digest a…

Let’s start by getting our cards on the table – we’ve ALL messed up parenting! Mistakes are part of life and no matter how hard we try to…

We’ve all done it – “I have had enough!” you yell, as your child flatly refuses to sit down properly at the restaurant table. “We’re goin…

I’ve been writing a lot recently about how important it is to give positive attention to our kids. Children thrive on attention and if th…

Gentle parenting gets a bad rap. I’m going to hold my hands up and admit that before I started it myself, I thought it was weak, wishy-wa…

How often do you praise your child? Is it a regular thing or something you reserve for special occasions (like exam success)? Do you do i…

Children, teenagers, adults – we can all be attention-seeking. Even if we shy away from direct attention, we would never want to be ignor…

“Children are like sponges” – have you ever heard that phrase? I think it’s so accurate – they pick up on everything that’s going on arou…

Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, to imagine how they might be feeling. After 7 years as a mama, I’m puttin…