Category: Parenting in a Pandemic

Practical Advice for Telling Your Children You’re Divorcing

10th January 2022

This month I have been working with a wonderful group of parents who are all going through a divorce and one of their main...

Children and Divorce: How To Answer Their Three BIG Questions

10th January 2022

Telling your children about your decision to divorce is never easy but with a little thought to when, where & what you are going to...

Topic of the Month – 10 Things to Do Each Day

6th January 2022

Ten simple things to do every single day as a parent Parenting is a 24 hour, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year...

How to Raise Highly Happy, Confident, Resilient Kids: 7 Questions to Ask Every Day

6th January 2022

How to Raise Highly Happy, Confident, Resilient Kids: 7 Questions to Ask Every Day I remember when I wrote my first book Raising Happy Children...

Helping Your Child Through Another COVID Christmas

20th December 2021

If you are a parent following the news about the Omicron variant, it’s very likely you’re feeling uneasy and anxious. You may be wondering what...

Parenting Sunshine Using Your Head, Your Heart & Your Gut ☀️

12th October 2021

Did you know you have three brains? Bet that surprised you! You might have read that Neuroscience now tells us that we each have three brains....

Feel like it’s Groundhog Day? Try The Point of Control Strategy

9th October 2021

It’s October we’re into the new Autumn season of darker days colder evenings & more of the same. Digging deep, juggling & surviving the...

Why R.A.I.N Can Help.

6th October 2021

A couple of years ago, I discovered a 4-step mindfulness process that offers support for difficult days. It’s called RAIN (which is an acronym for...

Successful Separation – Always Putting The Children First.

9th August 2021

I work with many parents going through separation, divorce or troubled times as I run a 6 week Coaching Programme: 1-2-1 Divorce Support for Families...

The Best Time To Talk Is Now.

16th July 2021

Whenever I begin the process of coaching parents, a mum, or a dad, or a family, they almost always say something like this after...

Is Dad Shaming A Thing of the Past?

13th July 2021

Making fun of Dad has sort of changed, hasn’t it? I was recently interviewed about why society creates these stereotypes and it got me...

8 Reasons Why Rough & Tumble Play, Roughhousing or Horseplay is Good for Kids.

10th July 2021

I was sent in this question for my ‘Don’t Stew- Ask Sue’ feature on The Sue Atkins Parenting Show podcast. My husband plays...

July 19th – Why It’s Important To Not Fixate On A Date

29th June 2021

Britain’s ‘freedom day’ will come on July 19, says the government but like anything important, like going through a divorce, bereavement or a redundancy...

Online Children’s Book Festival – June 26th and 27th 2021 and YOU’RE INVITED!

15th June 2021

Little did I know when I started #TheSueAtkinsBookClub to help parents in a pandemic that it would blossom & bloom into such a vibrant...

Helping Children Develop Emotional Literacy & Self Regulation

14th June 2021

There has been much talk and research around emotional intelligence and emotional literacy that suggests they lead to better health, higher academic achievement and...

Category: Parenting in a Pandemic

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