Today’s Pause To Ponder ! Get your kids using the phone! Self-confidence comes out of a sense of competence and children develop confidence not because you tell them they’re great, but because of their own achievements, big and small. Of course it’s lovely to hear encouraging words from you but words of praise and […]
I work with many, many parents going through a divorce on my 6-Week Divorce Coaching – Putting Your Children First Programme and what is very clear to me is that we need to remove the need for allegations of adultery and blame so families can divorce with dignity. I’d like to see the detrimental need to point […]
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. A new study from Harvard University in the USA reveals that children benefit more from their father reading them bedtime stories.e Dads, the research revealed, spark more “imaginative discussions” and are more instrumental to their children’s language development because of the way they read to their kids. […]
I’m talking on BBC Radio WM today about the children at £11,000-a-year private school being banned from using TVs, smartphones and iPads even when they’re at HOME in strict ‘no-tech’ clampdown. London Acorn School prohibits all smartphones, computers and iPads Staff hope that by doing so children will learn from the natural world instead The school, […]
I’ve started filming a comprehensive series of Divorce videos called ‘Divorce – Step By Step’ where I will cover your emotional wellbeing, informing you of your legal choices and financial options, supporting and helping you with my ideas for positive co- parenting & I will also be looking at the wider issues like losing some […]
I’ve been working with a client whose father was an alcoholic and I read with great interest this article printed in The Good Men Project. “Our self-esteem is exceptionally low. Our addicted parents were unable to provide the love and nurturing we required to form secure attachment.” There are many adults among us—many of […]
I’ve started filming a comprehensive series of Divorce videos called ‘Divorce – Step By Step’ where I will cover your emotional wellbeing, informing you of your legal choices and financial options, supporting and helping you with my ideas for positive co- parenting & I will also be looking at the wider issues like losing some […]
I’ve started filming a comprehensive series of Divorce videos called ‘Divorce – Step By Step’ where I will cover your emotional wellbeing informing you of your legal choices and financial options, supporting and helping you with my ideas for positive co- parenting & I will also be looking at the wider issues like losing some […]
I’ve been interviewed for my opinion by The Daily Mirror & The Daily Mail and am talking on BBC Three Counties Jonathan Vernon Smith’s programme at 10 o’clock tomorrow discussing Rachel Stevens leaving her 18 month old and 4 year old unattended in her car while she went shopping for 10 minutes. What are […]
Today I’m delighted to introduce you to the very lovely Emma Hammett from First Aid For Life. Emma runs really helpful & practical courses for teenagers, schools and workplaces around coping in an emergency. Today Emma is my guest blogger. Teenagers are the most likely to push boundaries and take risks and when things […]
I was asked to comment on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester about this new survey about the dangers of trampolines. Families are being hit with £100,000 bills for trampoline and bouncy castle injuries! Parents are increasingly calling in lawyers when their children have been hurt playing at parties or at friends’ houses. Trampolines […]
No matter where you are on your parenting journey; it is reassuring to know that you are not alone, and that of course goes for parents of children who have special needs too. I read with interest this helpful blog by Mary Moynihan Conneely from Advocacy in Action where parents have recommended books […]
Kids Need Both Parents are a new charity based in Birmingham. They offer emotional support to families going or gone through separation or loss. They offer support to both adults and children which includes counselling, mediation, play therapy, talking therapy, bereavement counselling and parent group. They are running a competition where a family of four can […]
Pop this up on your fridge where you and your kids will see it every day ! Changing your language changes your attitude, mindset and motivation. My challenge to you is to try it for a week and tell me how it transforms your life! ps ….. It really works ! ????
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