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We are cranky, they get cranky. We stare at our screens because it can be the path with less conflict and struggle. We’re busy, they’re TOO busy! We punish rather than choose to teach. We forget to stop. Listen and connect. Sometimes it really is all too much. It’s...
As parents, we all have far too much to do. Our modern lives are focused around productivity, both at work and in our home, most days I feel a constant need both internally and externally to have “something done” with my day, to be ticking items off my long to-do...
If you are a parent or if you have ever interacted with a child between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, then you most likely have witnessed many of the milestone behaviour within autonomy versus shame and doubt stage from Erik Erikson’s stage of psycho social...
Expectations. We all have them. Do your expectations as an adult meet up with your expectations that YOU have for your baby? Your child? Expectations as an adult tend to go a little like this… To be loved. To be respected. To be acknowledged and also nurtured. Why...
Is anyone else feeling the overwhelm of the year coming to a close? Parties, dinners, graduations, the organisation of trips away, shopping, shopping, shopping… Are your children feeling 'off track and stressed out?' Could it be...
Mama Guilt, we ALL do it! Guilt- Some mamas say they never live a day without it. We worry. Did we give enough of our time today? Did I feed him well enough? She hardly slept today and yesterday, is she cutting her day sleeps or was it because I met my girlfriend...
If you are a parent or if you have ever interacted with children between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, then you most likely have witnessed many of the milestone behaviour within autonomy versus shame and doubt stage from Erik Erikson’s stage of psychosocial...
Mindful parenting is an essential part of being a parent. Mindful parenting is a lifelong practice. It is about becoming less attached to the outcome and more mindful of what is unfolding in yours and your children’s lives. Some core characteristics of mindfulness...
"Two year old's aren’t terrible — they’re torn." Janet Lansbury. Children do not, indeed cannot, make their own way unguided. There are consistent bodies of research now that specify, that children learn best from setting limits for their behavior. BUT how do you do...
A couple of months ago I wrote a heartfelt post about our 4yo daughter. I was struggling with her behaviour, meltdowns were long & explosive, her sensitivity to everything outside of her control was exhausting, her quest for affection meant that there was NO...
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