You Find What You’re Looking For
If you’re looking for what’s great about your kids, you’ll see it. And if you’re cranky at them, you’ll be more likely to see things that upset you.
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Your Child’s Social Life
As our kids grow up, the more we have to let them gain independence and develop their social lives. Here are my tips for parents with growing kids…
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Strengths Make Kids Strong
One of the most respected psychologists in the world today, Dr Martin Seligman, recently said: “(Teaching) children is vastly more than fixing what is wrong with them. It is about identifying and nurturing their strongest qualities… and helping them find niches in which they can best live out their strengths.” During the past decade some
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Don’t Fix Me, Just Love Me
“(Teaching) children is vastly more than fixing what is wrong with them. It is about identifying and nurturing their strongest qualities.” (Seligman) Many parents believe that we should “fix” our children. Our natural response is to correct their mistakes and faults. Rather than being models and guides we become their judges and critics. But “fixing”
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Do you speak ‘Childrenese’?
Have you ever travelled to a country where your native tongue isn’t the primary language spoken? Some of the locals may have been annoyed, wondering what you were doing there if you couldn’t speak the language. Others may have been patient, acknowledged your difficulty, and perhaps one kind person said, “I speak English. How can
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Eradicating Anger – Part 3
We all know anger damages our relationships with our children, and impacts on their wellbeing. But how do we stay calm, soft-spoken, and positive when our children are driving us crazy?
Here are three simple ideas that can eradicate anger and help make your family happier
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Eradicating Anger – Part 2
To raise positive children, they need to feel safe. Our anger frightens our children.
So here are three ways to eradicate anger from our parenting and help our children feel safe and secure
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Eradicating Anger
It’s really easy to be angry at our kids. But being angry feels awful, it’s bad for our kids, and it even affects our health! Here are three strategies to eradicate anger and be the parent you thought you’d be before you had kids! First – Just say ‘No’ to anger. Sometimes it can really
Does your child need ‘time out’ or ‘time in’?
Time-out is one of the most popular “discipline” methods parents use. But is it effective? And what does it teach? While some studies suggest that time-out can help to curb challenging behaviour, many parents struggle to use time out the way experts suggest. And there are side-effects. Time-out teaches children that a parent’s love is
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Be an Example
The example you set may be a critical determinant of your children’s resilience and positivity. That’s because our children grow to be just like us. If we’re tall, they’ll likely be tall. If we have blue eyes, they will potentially inherit those. That’s how nature works. But nature only accounts for part of the story.