Category: Parenting Skills
Boost Your Child's Social Skills by Reducing Screen Time
In today's digital age, kids spend around 7-8 hours a day on screens, which can harm their social skills and emotional well-being. Here’s why and how reducing screen time can make
The Four Pillars of Parenting:
As parents, our ultimate goal is to raise happy, well-adjusted children who are prepared for life's challenges.
Time Out or Calm Space
Time Out has fallen out of favour, in recent times as some parents feel this is too punitive. CBS uses the word Calm Space instead of ‘Time Out” to communicate that it is not used to be punitive but rather as a way to extinguish challenging behaviours.
TIPS when Parents Separate
Parenting through a separation can be a hard time for everyone concerned, but for children these changes can cause emotional overwhelm (grief and loss) and lots of uncertainty. Here are a few key messages that you as a parent can use to make a difficult situation better for your child.
Ten Top Tips for Screen Time
Increasingly kids are using screens more and more in their daily lives. As a parent it can be really tricky to know how much is too much and how to keep kids safe on the internet
Parent Wellbeing
As parents we want to believe that we are superheroes and can keep on top of everything. But we all know that is far from the truth and that there are times we need help and it’s
Becoming Mum
The day I found out I was pregnant filled me with equal parts of joy and fear. I was living 15,000kms away from my momma and even though I had the best mother-in-law in the world,
Confident Parenting
Whether you're a stay at home or working mum, chances are you'll experience a loss of confidence and self-belief at some point during parenthood. Becoming a parent is one of the