Category: Discipline

17th April 2024
  There is a “definitive link” between smacking children and behavioural difficulties, a new study has found. Researchers at University College London, who reviewed 20 years of research on the topic, found that physical punishment is...
7th December 2023
  Dear Sue I’m worried about Christmas as I’m recently divorced. My kids are still reeling from the changes. What is your advice? Liz Jackson,...
4th December 2023
Christmas, although a time of great joy and celebration, can also be the most stressful of times for even the best of parents, with the...
4th December 2023
    Sue’s Alternative to the ‘Naughty Step’ The ‘Easy Peasy – Lemon Squeezy Button’ is suitable for kids of all ages & allows you...
13th August 2023
            Sibling rivalry has always had a bad press – think of Cain slaughtering Abel and Joseph being thrown down...
30th May 2023
  Saying “No” to your kids is such a simple word but so many parents find it difficult to incorporate it into their discipline strategies...
27th May 2023
The average toddler hears the word “no” an astonishing 400 times a day, according to experts. You, like me, may, at first, think that this...
10th May 2023
  Much of our lives is spent in reaction to others and to events around us. The problem is that these reactions might not always...
15th February 2023
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the...
26th January 2023
Being a positive parent isn’t any harder than being a negative parent! It just takes a quick shift in your thinking and attitude. Here’s the...
18th January 2023
Divorce is always difficult for the whole family but if you do find that you are heading for a divorce here are some things to...
15th January 2023
There’s a reason your child is an angel at school but turns into little devil at home. It’s called ‘after-school restraint collapse.’ After a long...
12th January 2023
  I remember being rung up on a Bank Holiday Monday by a Polish journalist last year, asking me my opinion on some new tracking...
2nd January 2023
I’ve been coaching a lovely Mum who’s been finding her 13 year old daughter very challenging recently with her attitude and it got me thinking...
27th December 2022
  You know when your plans don’t always go according to plan? You know ‘the best laid plans of mice and men’ scenario when even...