Resilience is a hot topic, almost always in the context of our children. But what about parental resilience? It makes sense that resilient parents have a better chance of raising resilient kids.…
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I completely dropped my parenting bundle one morning as we scrambled to get ready for school photo day. If school photo day isn’t a reason for a mum to hate parenting, I…
These resilience tips will help you and your child through tough times. Resilience – the ability to bounce back when things get rough – is not something we are born with, although…
As women, and especially as parents, we spend a lot of time and energy lamenting, ‘What’s wrong with me?’ We tend to focus on what we perceive to be our negatives and…
I’m a terrible nagger of my children, and I know I’m not alone in needing to stop criticising my kids. “As parents, we are, unwittingly, too critical of our children,” says Dr…
So often we equate a ‘growth mindset’ with praise and the words that we use to encourage or reward our kids; ‘You tried so hard’ as a replacement for ‘You’re so clever’. …