What will your child do if they find themselves in a situation they would rather not be in? Do they have a plan for just in case? Just in case, for example, they feel uncomfortable with what's going down around [...]
We’ve done a great job of teaching our children to be wary of strangers in the real world. In my digital safety presentations children from 10 to 15 years of age are full of stories of what their parents have [...]
When families go back to school at the beginning of each academic year, it's about new beginnings and getting back to routine or what we term as 'normal'. It's also characterised by lots of change: New school New classroom New [...]
Parents need to stretch their vision and stop parenting for the short term. Parenting is a long game yet we seem to be more worried about raising happy children than competent or autonomous ones. Do you want your children to [...]
"When are we going to get there?" is a regular refrain from children to their parents on long road trips. Whether you are doing a short trip of 3 hours, a medium 6 hour journey or mammoth 13 hours in [...]
Children are getting their first hi-tech gadgets earlier and earlier — exposing themselves to risks Article from Sunday Times The average 10-year-old might not be allowed to leave the house without supervision, but many roam the world anyway — on [...]
Want to raise a child with emotional intelligence? Then you need the right parenting strategies. Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ, is a better predictor of success in life than IQ. The good thing is that EQ is not fixed [...]
Keep the following in mind for healthy and holistic early childhood development. While this list may strike you as being full of common sense, it is often these basics that get forgotten in today's busy and demanding world where parents [...]
Valentine's Day on 14 February has become one of the most celebrated 'days' besides Christmas. This highly commercialised day, that receives so much media hype, provides the perfect opportunity for parents to explore positive parenting strategies, the theme of love and [...]
As a positive parenting guest speaker, I often take holidays over the festive season when the speaking circuit is quiet. I’ve been on holiday for two weeks but now it’s back to school and work. It’s been great to sleep in, eat [...]