Today was a really sad day for me. I saw a little girl who had been viewing pornography for over a year without her parent’s knowledge. She was 7 years old and she wanted to be a teenager so she could have boobies and a boyfriend. Her mother and father were hit with the reality […]
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Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to her baby girl today. And that means her time is running out.
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I think most women agree they can give their husband’s a hard time, especially when it comes to parenting. I often feel sorry for blokes who are trying so hard but don’t feel they are doing anything right. So today I am backing up the men and talking about the role a father can play in his teenage girl’s life.
How much time do you spend correcting your children’s behaviour compared to the time you spend setting things up to go right? Most parents emphasise reactive correction over proactive preparation. That’s normal, and natural. We want to stop our kids from hurting, get them sharing, and point out their mistakes so they can learn from
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It’s the United Nations International Day of Families and the start of National Families Week. A time to pause and reflect on what your family means to you.
To celebrate what makes your family unique.
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Today I had a 14 year old boy in my office who had used his parent’s iTunes account without their consent. He had racked up about $200 worth of apps and games over the course of a few months. His parents were shocked when they received their iTunes bill and their son was shocked that
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Parents and teenagers live in different worlds and their challenge is finding common ground. Common ground is a place where the arguing stops, even if only for a moment. Finding common ground can be as simple as a well-timed look, an in-house joke, a quick hug, a catch up about sport or a trip to the shops via a milkshake bar. Finding common ground confirms, “I can still find something I like about you even when you are totally annoying me!”
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Sometimes our expectations for our children can be a little high. When we don’t understand their development we can become frustrated at them for doing what is entirely normal. For example, did you know on average, children don’t regulate their emotions competently until around 7 or 8 years old? So getting cranky at your 5
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I didn’t write out a gift wish list or drop (m)any hints (I may have mentioned something about a tea set) because all I’d really like this Mother’s Day is…
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Someone once said to me talking to a mother is like witnessing multi-tasking on steroids…
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