4 Easy Habits to Build Your Child’s Self Esteem with Your Words
By Dr. Laura Markham “If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” –…
Parenting
When Reality Doesn’t Meet Our Expectations
By Elizabeth Pantley The realities of everyday life often don’t match up to our expectations; however, this seems especially true when you become a…
Dragons & Tea Party: A Journey Through Your Child’s Magic World
Imagine that everything around you is fascinating. Trees, brimming with life-giving oxygen, provide homes for countless creatures. Above your head, the vast sky protects…
Use Your Village
By Adrienne Wood We expect more from ourselves as parents nowadays than in days gone by, yet we do it with less support than…
Let’s Talk Emotions
By Belinda Haan Let’s talk emotions for a bit. Anger, rage, guilt, sadness, anxiety. The sticky, unpleasant ones. Even though I *know* that allowing…
Teaching Your Children About Energy Conservation
By Kylee Harris Knowing how to use energy in a responsible way is a skill that parents should teach their children. Millions of dollars…
Babies and Music
By Elizabeth Pantley Mothers have always crooned their babies to sleep with lullabies, fathers have sung nursery rhymes to their toddlers, and families have…
Uniting Hearts and Minds: The Highly Sensitive and Neurodiverse Family Summit
By Katie Connolly In a world that often rushes forward at lightning speed, it is essential to remember this is not how we were…
Homeschooling: Reasons and Misconceptions
By Tracy Cassels Homeschooling is something that gets mixed reviews when I bring up that we plan on it for our daughter. Whereas most…
Childhood Friends: 3 Important Lessons We Can Learn about How to Be Good Humans
By Sarah R. Moore Childhood friends are so much more than meet the eye. Our children’s first relationships outside the home are noteworthy insofar…
4 Tips to Deal With Your Child’s Anxiety Without Getting Anxious Yourself
By Tenille Bentley Unfortunately, feelings of anxiety and anxious feelings are very prevalent in children nowadays. In order to help your children effectively deal…
Stylish & Functional Bags to Help Mums & Dads on Every Step of the Parenting Journey
Natasha Cateris is all about making mums feel good about themselves – when they are out and about with their kids and adjusting to…
Mindful Parenting: Nurturing Emotional Intelligence in Children
By Jo Bealey As an attachment-based psychotherapist, I sit with so many adults who come to therapy because they are unable to make sense…
Babies, Toddlers and Tooth Brushing
By Elizabeth Pantley Bedtime is challenging enough without the battle you have to fight to get your little one’s teeth brushed! Your child might…
Do you struggle with “Unexplained” Bursts of Reactivity?
By Lelia Schott Try the practice of checking in with your present, past and future selves. When I’m out of sorts or ill-tempered, and…
Catch Your Child Doing Something Right
By Dr. Laura Markham “If all you did was just look for things to appreciate, you would live a joyous, spectacular life.” – Esther…
Why Comparison is the Thief Of Joy
By Mandy Rees Parenthood is a wild ride filled with highs and lows, laughter and tears, and countless moments that make your heart swell. …
Parenting Naturally, Holistically and with Boundaries
By Megen Hibbins We all have seen the shift towards natural parenthood, and I am a massive advocate, to parent as naturally as possible….
Postpartum Essentials to Help You Navigate Motherhood
Mum-of-two and former Assistant Headteacher Lulu was looking for a new challenge that would allow her to also spend time with her two sons….
My biggest regret after 10 years of motherhood
By Belinda Haan In a few days, it will be my 10th anniversary of motherhood. Today, I have noticed a tightening in my chest…