Having a baby for many is not like it is in the Disney films. Birds don’t start to come and tweet around your little one’s car seat on exit from hospital, and fairy godmothers don’t come and start singing about the joys of life, offering...
As we grow up we are a combination of two things, genetics and environment. As a child, both of these things are out of our control. As a parent we have an option to create an environment for our children that supports their brain, emotional,...
When a child is upset or unsure, a simple “I’m here to mind you” is the most powerful Jedi Parenting move we need Why? 1. It stops us rambling on and trying to explain something, that probably doesn’t need to be explained. Children generally know the things...
One thing that I am noticing in the practice is that teenagers that have things they want to tell their parents but don’t feel they can. Nothing groundbreaking there, but I was surprised at the main reason why. There are loads of reasons for this...
The word tolerance keeps coming up when talking with parents. Tolerance for the whole thing. Tolerance for the trying to get pregnant, being pregnant, tolerance for the grief of miscarriage, the lack of sleep, unwell children, the repetitiveness, the word no and tolerance for those...