The first ever International Fathers’ Mental Health Day will take place on Monday 20th June 2016 to raise awareness of postnatal depression (PND), antenatal anxiety and childbirth trauma experienced by men. Mark Williams, who suffered all three after becoming a father and subsequently founded Fathers Reaching Out and Reaching Out Positive Mental Health explains: […]
According to a new survey conducted by The Fatherhood Institute, British men will spend 24 minutes caring for children, for every hour done by women. This makes UK parents officially the worst in the developed world at sharing their childcare responsibilities, according to the Fatherhood Institute’s Fairness In Families Index (FIFI), published today. However before […]
Did you know that Dyslexics have amazing special awareness skills in the 3D world? For this reason, more than 50% of NASA employees are Dyslexic. NASA is able to look past the negative opinions about this condition and use Dyslexia to its advantage. Read this wonderfully inspiring blog from Goalcast http://blog.goalcast.life/2016/06/06/overcoming-dyslexia-how-i-found-strength-through-dyslexia/
One night in January 2015, two Stanford University graduate students biking across campus spotted a freshman thrusting his body on top of an unconscious, half-naked woman behind a dumpster. This March, a California jury found the former student, 20-year-old Brock Allen Turner, guilty of three counts of sexual assault. Turner faced a maximum of […]
‘Bedtime Blessings’ is a simple habit I encourage the families that I work with, to embrace as it increases happiness. Recognising and acknowledging what goes well in our lives builds the simple habit of remembering good events and not taking them for granted. It also builds what I call ‘An Attitude of Gratitude’ as […]
June 6th- 10th is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. It is all about Promoting, Protecting & Improving Our Children’s Mental Health & Wellbeing starting with babies. Parent Infant Partnership (PIP) UK is to launch a Infant Mental Health week 6-10 June 2016, in conjunction with the work of the 1001 Critical Days and in partnership with […]
I have been asked for my opinion in The Mirror today about the internet attacks targeting the mum and dad of four-year-old Isiah. The child fell 12 feet into Harambe the 17-year-old silverback’s enclosure on Saturday morning during a visit to Cincinnati Zoo . Authorities then rushed to shoot the endangered animal dead after […]
I was interviewed this morning on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester about the sad shooting of a beautiful gorilla called Harambe. It’s always so easy to judge others isn’t it, but I wasn’t there and all I know is that the Zoo had a duty of care to keep the little boy safe. Hindsight is […]
Millions of Mums are calling this the most beautiful song they have ever heard. This is truly beautiful and watching it made me cry for all the right reasons ! Hope you enjoy it too !
I’ve been working with a wonderful family who were worried about their son who spins round and round on the floor regularly and they wondered why he did it and what was the purpose behind it. I suggested that he may be stimming, to relieve his anxiety, stress and overwhelming feelings. Self-stimulatory behaviour, also known […]
I was speaking today on BBC Radio West Midlands about an article in The Daily Mail about how co-parenting can make a Mum feel a bit lost on the days and nights that she doesn’t have the children. Here’s the article – Agony of a 50-50 Mum I believe it’s really important for children to […]
On Tuesday 3rd May tens of thousands of parents are going to keep their kids at home and do fun educational activities to make the Government aware of how children are being robbed of the joy of childhood & their right to play. I can only say that I am so glad I left teaching […]
I was just interviewed on Talk Radio in a heated debate on smacking. Throughout my 10 years of being a parenting author this is the topic that generates the most controversy. I remember writing about this topic in my first book ‘Raising Happy Children For Dummies’ and I offered absolutely loads of alternative ways to […]
I’ve been working with a lovely 14 year old girl and her parents as she has begun to steal small items from shops in her town. Naturally her concerned parents are very worried about why, and what they can do to help her, and how to stop her. Most issues around stealing, or taking […]
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