How To Build Kids Confidence
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Confidence. We all want it for our kids don’t we? Not arrogance. Or brashness. Or dodgy bravado. Heck. There’s enough of that going round...
View ArticleSimple Parenting Habits
Very simple parenting habits truly can transform our wellbeing as a family. Especially when we’re overwhelmed and struggling to hold everything together. But it is when we are most overwhelmed that we...
View ArticleChildren and Anxiety
Last year my 6 year old went missing in the park. As I asked frantically if anyone had seen her, my fear mounted, burning in my stomach. Time seemed to stop still. I was physically shaking, as I tried...
View ArticleHelping Kids Who Hate School
All kids hate school. Right? Well, no. Not really. Most kids moan about school. Yes. AND would rather be in the park. BUT they don’t actually actively hate it. They don’t cry about going. They don’t...
View ArticleSelf Care For Exhausted Mothers
You feel like you’re drowning in the rising panic of all the stuff you know you’ve dropped plus all the stuff you’re sure you forgot you were meant to do. You’re beyond tired. But can’t sleep. You’ve...
View ArticleLovely Ways To Calm Down As A Family
We’re winding each other up. Pushing each other’s buttons. As only family can. Until we’re on the ceiling. Screaming blue murder. And worse. And somehow blaming our kids. BECAUSE they won’t calm down....
View ArticleHow To Help Kids With Transitions
One of my most painful times as a parent was when my daughter was 2. She would scream when I left her at nursery in the morning. AND scream when I picked her up in the evening! Running round the room...
View ArticleHow To Help Kids Who Worry A Lot
Kids are meant to worry. We all are because worrying is part of being human and it keeps us alert to new and changing dangers and can motivate creativity, hard work and bravery. But these days the...
View ArticleSlower Happier Parenting
So many of us are struggling as families We’re angry and exhausted. Our homes, stuffed full of crazy clutter, are in chaos. And we’re constantly treading on eggshells to avoid explosive tantrums and...
View ArticleBalancing Activities For Kids
Balancing activities have amazing benefits for kids of all ages. They truly can boost the mood big time of both a toddler in a tantrum and an angry and anxious teen. And there’s science to back this...
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