How do I get my child to listen to me?
Before we become parents, we all imagine what our child will be like. But what happens when the reality of child rearing turns out to be a nightmare? *While your here, please consider checking out my other articles, subscribing and liking my posts, as well as sharing them on your social media pages. You might…
What is your child REALLY telling you when they whinge?
Whinging is one of the most frustrating parts of parenting – the sound is enough to make us want to cry. But what is the best way to deal with it? I was talking to my neighbour outside my house at the peak of a stressful lockdown, when she lovingly joked that if her son…
Fussy eating tips: How to get your child to eat
Food rejected for what feels like the 500th time – sound familiar? If so, read on to find out some helpful tips to encourage your child to eat. Cooking: love it or hate it, we all need to do it at some point to survive. If you’re anything like me, you dream of the time…
How to encourage your child to WANT to learn
Your guide to encouraging your child to become an active and motivated learner. Picture the scene: it’s approaching homework time, and you can feel your anxiety levels rising; you know you are going to have to start the oh-so-familiar battle soon. You’ve heard all the excuses and complaints before – ‘I CAN’T DO IT’, ‘please,…
How to encourage your child to learn to talk: Strategies for parents
It can be quite concerning when your child doesn’t talk as much as you would expect, or is slow to start talking. So how can you make sure you are doing everything you can to help your child learn how to talk? As a parent, we all long for that first word from our children…
How to give your child a positive transition to school
Is your child starting school soon? Here’s how you can help to make sure they are well prepared to make the transition to ‘big school’! When you think about it, children go through numerous small transitions every single day of their lives: the transition from home to car, the transition to their grandparents house, or…
How do I stay calm when my child is being difficult?
Children seem to know EXACTLY how to push our buttons. So how do you keep your reactions calm and collected in the heat of the moment? Please note, if your child has a medical need which affects their communication, self regulation or other areas of development then you may require more specialist advice than this…
How do I encourage my child to be more independent?
Independence has many great benefits for your child. So how do you make sure your child grows into an independent and confident young person? ‘I can’t find it!’, ‘can you do it?’, ‘I don’t know how!’… would you like to never hear these phrases again?! OK, I’m exaggerating, I can’t get rid of those words…
Family bonding ideas: Hobbies and skills you can learn with your child
Wouldn’t it be amazing if you had some great ideas of activities you could all share and genuinely enjoy together? Look no further than this handy guide. *While your here, please consider checking out my other articles, subscribing and liking my posts, as well as sharing them on your social media pages. You might also…
How to encourage your kids to get along
If you feel like you are constantly dealing with bickering and arguments, read on to discover some tips to make the conflict more manageable. Let me just start this by telling you that (unfortunately for us parents), conflict is normal in children. Conflict is a child’s way of dealing with the complex developing emotions they…
What to do when your child won’t open up to you
It can be upsetting as a parent when your child just won’t tell you what’s wrong. So what can you do to encourage them to confide in you? As a parent, you often feel as though you should be some kind of superhero to your child, and know what to do in every situation. Your…
How to support social skills during lockdown
Whilst isolated in lockdown with our children, how can we ensure our children still develop strong social skills? Read on to find out some handy tips. Life as we know it has changed dramatically in the recently months. Previously, most of us have never known a life of restrictions; we have been free to move…
How to build child resilience during coronavirus
It can be hard to know how best to build resilience in your child when faced with adversity; heck, it’s hard to be resilient as parents sometimes. Fear not though, as resilience is a skill that can be nurtured and developed. If you are concerned about how your child copes with setbacks and adversity, here…
How to nurture your child’s creativity
When our children enter the job market, creativity is going to be a key consideration. So how do we ensure children become (and remain) creative? Society often views creativity as art and craft type activities; the paintings we love our children bringing home from school or nursery (but secretly dread being asked to do at…
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