Parenting Advice Blog

Welcome to this final part of my Screen Safety Blog series. The impact of screen time for children is becoming more complicated and I want to share simple tips and strategies to help your child keep emotionally and developmentally safe alongside technology. As a...

In this second part in the Screen Safety Blog Series (read part 1 here), I'm going to share my experience helping families make screen time positive and avoid arguments, meltdowns and punishment. In my psychotherapy practice, I've seen a steep increase in children and...

I want you to parent with ease and confidence and not let screens get in the way of that.  Alongside my eighteen years working with children, teens, adults and families I am also a Mum of three…so I really do understand the screen struggles both personally and...

In my eighteen years supporting families, I’ve worked closely with families to make separation as simple as possible and help make the welfare of the children a priority.  Of course, separation and divorce often isn’t simple and is emotionally and logistically...

I hear this a lot! You’re not alone. Sometimes we can think too much about avoiding being the parent we had, and too little about being the parent we want to be. Dodging the parenting styles we received growing up can often result in over-compensation and a scrambled...

We often talk about this in the Calm Parenting Community and I think the question "how can I help my child who hates losing" is such an important one because it's really setting up their sense of identity and mental health. To preface my answer, I want to share a...

It can be difficult to find time to ground yourself, especially if you don’t know what the practice really looks like for you and what you hope to gain from it. Once you know this, it’s easier to turn a goal into a plan. You’ll find yourself utilising those pockets of...

Carving time out in your busy schedule for yourself is an important part of being a parent. Here’s how you make the most of those hidden pockets of time in your day. When I read this question, it took me back to my early motherhood days when I couldn’t consistently...

Self-care is not a mythical creature, but as a parent, it can often feel like it. If you’re finding it challenging to make time for acts of self-care you need to clarify your motivation for taking care of yourself. We need to re-frame self-care. Self-care is a mix of...