Guilt Free Girls’ Night Out
Every mum can relate to this scenario…
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Are you guilty of this on holidays?
Each year we take a family camping trip. Camping just seems to be one of those family activities that bring back incredible childhood memories. All sorts of things tend to go wrong, no matter how organised you are, and yet these create the best memories and most fun. These are the stories we talk about for years afterwards with great amusement and joy. We have just arrived home from another one of those trips.
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Why it’s okay for your child to fail
Focus on Effort, Not Outcome Do you get excited when your children get everything right? Or do you get excited when your children make mistakes and feel like what they’re doing is hard? Studies show that when we praise or reward kids for being brilliant, they get caught up in ‘proving’ how good they are.
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What Your Teenage Girl isn’t Telling You About Sex
Mother’s email: So what do you do when you know your daughter is under the legal age for sexual consent, which I understand to be 16 years old, and you know she is going out to a friend’s and will be having sex there? Sometimes with facebook monitoring software, you find out more than you
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Raising Confident Kids
For the past several decades lots of ‘experts’ have told us that praise boosts our kids’ confidence. While this can be true in some instances, research has consistently called this idea into question. In fact, a lot of research shows that praising our kids can actually undermine their confidence. In his book, ‘The Optimistic Child’
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Family Stories
Do your children know where you grew up? How you met their other parent? Or where you were married? Do they know about the dreams you had, and successes and difficulties you’ve faced? What do they know about their grandparent’s lives? Researchers have discovered that children who know about their family’s stories are more likely
Who Determines Your Culture?
Ahhh… reminiscing Remember when your first child was born, and you held that precious bundle of possibility? Remember the emotions that welled up inside, the pride and joy of this beautiful new life? The thoughts that passed through your mind that you really weren’t sure what to do because this brand new baby was completely
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Hope for Parents with Teens
A few days ago I received this email, written by a past client. This family saw me about a year ago during which time things felt chaotic and set to never change. I am sharing this letter with the hope it gives you perspective, hope and encouragement. I also hope it relieves some of the
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The Life of a 12 Year Old
Why did I love being 12? I loved it because I knew I wasn’t old enough to do anything else than be a kid. I loved it because I was a kid and I didn’t have to try to be, nor did I want to be anything else. I loved being 12 because I didn’t have a care in the world.
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Lost in Thought
It had been a big week and my husband, Luke, came to my rescue by providing space and time for me to be alone by taking the children out. As always, my first use of time was in getting much-needed cleaning done. You know, the stuff that you try to do when the kids are