This week I’m delighted to be studying Cognitive Behavioural Therapy up in London at the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of my Continuing Professional Development (CPD). In the last few years, the dialogue around therapy has radically changed, with CBT becoming a “must have” therapeutic approach for all therapists and counsellors. When […]
I read with enormous interest an article by Emily Learing on the impact on a toddler and preschooler brain after watching SpongeBob SquarePants based on the research study, ‘The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children’s Executive Function, from Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Paediatrics’ There are many studies around childrens’ use […]
I can only say that I am so glad I left teaching 10 years ago as I just watch in horror at my friend’s stress levels as they continue to battle the obsession with data driven, stress imbued, teaching and learning. Stressed teachers create stressed learning environments so children as young as 5 equate learning […]
I’m here to help, support & to ask you great questions to help you find better answers to your problems – I don’t judge, finger point or tut tut about what you tell me. My passion is to help you find new solutions and new ways of doing things that make you and your family […]
Oh for goodness sake – a little bit of Spanx is one thing but at 15 a corset ? Give me strength – what’s the matter with the mother ? I read with consternation an article in the Daily Mail about Karen Green the mother who bought her daughter a waist-trainer so she could be just […]
Are your ‘Boomerang Kids’ driving you mad? I read in The Evening Standard about a Conservative MP who has admitted that he has had to move back in with his mother and father because he cannot afford the deposit to buy a house. William Wragg, aged 28, is among tens of thousands of Britons who have […]
A recent survey reveals some rather disturbing information about how children are changing. 1. 63% of children do not like to share anything, which is a shocking figure as social skills at such a young age are already about fulfilling individual needs and therefore their personality will have more shades of selfishness. 2. 73% of […]
I read this on Twitter from Babble and it made me smile. What are your funny reasons for being late ? I’d love to hear them ???? 21 REASONS WHY I’M PROBABLY GOING TO BE LATE AGAIN TODAY Before kids, I was on time. Early, even, so early […]
Sleep, rest, renewal – the dream of every parent at some time in their parenting adventure! Here are some of the tips I pass on to the parents I coach. Blackout curtains or blinds. When my kids were little I bought some black out curtains and they worked like a magic blindfold. Will and Molly […]
I love the way Twitter can initiate debate. My lovely friend Laura Henry, a highly experienced Early Years Consultant, sent me this fascinating article discussing the proposals by the Government to instigate parenting classes. In my experience I gave up trying to run formal parenting classes as it proved so difficult to get people to […]
To help you navigate the journey through Divorce, if that is what you have decided is best for your family, I’ve recently launched a new series of free Divorce videos called -> Divorce Step by Step. Divorce Step By Step has been set up specifically to help you address the range of issues and matters […]
I was very interested to read in The Mail on Sunday about new findings published by Swedish researchers and supported by University College, London around couples ‘staying together’ 15,000 schoolchildren were examined to see how divorce affected them and the study found disparity in children’s mental health due to their living situation. Couples who stay married […]
I’m being interviewed on BBC Radio Wales today about China’s new craze to stop children feeling lonely. Robots ! Apparently robots will take the place of siblings to lonely children with no siblings to play with. They can be programmed to read to them, play with them and teach them languages and will replace children’s […]
I’m speaking on LBC radio at 10 am today discussing a new push from the Government around helping families to raise happy, confident, resilient children. I’m always saying that ‘kids don’t come with a handbook’ and one of the most frustrating things about my work with parents is that they seem to think it’s […]
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