Category: Parenting in a Pandemic

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...
21st December 2023
What is EFT? Emotional Freedom Technique  is the new therapy for the 21st century as it is a very safe way to get rid of...
10th December 2023
I was delighted to have been interviewed about Co-Parenting over Christmas – often a tricky and stressful time for The Divorce Magazine. We focused on...
15th August 2023
The concept of “me time” can be laughable and guilt-inducing for many busy mums. But it’s a healthy, necessary part of modern parenting. It’s not...
14th July 2023
  I always remind my clients that going through a Divorce is a process NOT an event and I firmly believe that it is similar...
5th March 2023
  As Mother’s Day approaches, I’ve been pondering how the pandemic has forced a reckoning between career ambitions and family aspirations for many women, and...
14th January 2023
One of the hardest things you will have to do as a divorced parent is to encourage your children to go with your ex when...
1st January 2023
Strong, resilient, dedicated, hard working, creative, caring, reliable, multitalented, team player: These are just some of the words to describe a working parent in your...
2nd December 2022
One of the highlights of Christmas for me is getting together with family & friends & eating Christmas dinner together at 5pm. Sitting round the...
27th November 2022
Your children need your presence more than your presents.                 ~Unknown    
20th October 2022
            The Importance of Teaching Your Baby To Self-Soothe. Can you imagine how you’d feel if your little one year...
27th September 2022
‘’When one tugs at a single thing in nature, one finds it attached to the rest of the world.” John Muir ‘Talking & Teaching’ Toddlers...
28th August 2022
  Self-esteem is your child’s passport to lifetime mental health and social happiness It’s the foundation of your child’s well-being and their key to success...
26th August 2022
    Siblings without rivalry!  Sibling rivalry has always had a bad press – think of Cain slaughtering Abel and Joseph being thrown down the...
3rd August 2022
  Children today are growing up with computers, Gameboys, Play Stations, X-boxes and Wii’s. They are the generation of screenagers. But what does this mean...