Helping you to understand the mental health of children
Helping the holidays teach your child lifelong lessons For children Christmas is a time of joy, but also a time of far too much stimulation. All around the globe children are getting overwhelmed with the festival and meltdowns are creeping in. Children are having tantrums about the tiniest little things and there are parents …
Avoiding early sexualisation of children The modern world is full of threats for our children, it’s a very stressful time to be raising our children. One of the biggest headaches for parents and carers is the advent of social media. Be it Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter, you can communicate with people all over …
“I know I have a daddy, but can I call you daddy?” Being a step-parent is a fantastic experience, one of the best in the world and one of the worst all at the same time, you feel like you are intruding and stepping on someone else’s toes at the same time as trying to …
Helping children overcome grief, separation, trauma or loss There are many things in life that threaten our inner secure self, this potentially includes things like divorce, grief, witnessing traumatic events or deaths, loss, theft, attacks to name but a few… As adults we recognise these things and learn to re-establish our own inner wellbeing to …
The 7 Steps to Managing the Conversation About Divorce and Separation This is a conversation that is normally best if both you and your ex are present. Take the time to break the news early in the conversation so that you are spending much of the time concentrating on what will happen in the …
Managing the separation of a family Making the decision to separate is not easy and it can take couples many years to reach that point. Splitting up a family is tough and when young children are involved it can be traumatic at times, especially if the separation is not amicable. Nowadays parental separation handled well …
Want a popular child? Get on the floor and play with your child We want to raise our children to be social experts, to know how to make friends and build strong and lasting relationships. We want our children to be liked and popular, have fun at school and not make lots of enemies, …
Helping your child to choose their attitude The way we respond to children and interact with them early in the day is important. It sets them in the right direction for the rest of the day and helps them to overcome the hurdles life throws at them throughout the day. I recently listened to …
How do babies learn to smile? What makes us smile? A smile is a powerful thing, but we are not born with the ability to smile. During the first few months of our lives we experiment with moving the muscles in our face and pull thousands of different facial expressions, so why do we …
Flooding, earthquakes, volcano or hurricanes and children Natural disasters are scary, very often they come out of the blue and we as adults are not prepared for them, let alone our children. Very often our homes or our schools are affected and our family way of life changes overnight. How do you tell children about natural …