If you’re looking for parenting help and advice from someone who really understands the challenges raising kids can bring, then you’re in the right place. With over 25 years experience working with children and having raised two kids of her own, Sue really knows how to make positive changes in any family.
Regularly featured on ITV’s This Morning and many other TV and radio shows, her advice is much sought after due to her positive, guilt-free attitude and effective solutions. The Sue Atkins Parenting Blog is where Sue shares some of her best advice to help you raise confident, resilient, independent kids. With new posts featured every few days you’ll always find something new, interesting and relevant to read.
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If children live with criticism, They learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, They learn to fight. If children live with ridicule, They learn to be shy. If children live with shame, They learn to feel guilty. If children live with encouragement, They learn confidence. […]
Read moreTo succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny-bone. ~ Reba McEntire
Read moreWhere did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better? – Jane Nelson
Read moreNo matter the problem, kindness is always the right response. – L.R. Knost
Read moreTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
Read moreHere’s a favourite quote of mine by Brian Dyson the Chairman of Coca Cola from 1959-1994 “Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends, and spirit – and you’re keeping all of […]
Read moreLet’s empower all children to be individuals and to shine not hide!
Read moreIf you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent. ~ Bette Davis It’s tough being a parent – but we are there to be our children’s guiding hand. We need to step up and be their parent NOT their friend […]
Read moreLet a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face. ~ Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, Author of The Power of Positive Thinking
Read moreNever let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. ~ Barbra Johnson
Read moreAny man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. ~Author Unknown
Read moreIf you look for what’s right – in others, in relationships, in yourself, and in life – you’ll always find it. ~ Mike Dooley
Read moreA good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ~ Nelson Mandela
Read moreThere is no such thing as failure; only unexpected outcomes ~ Sue Atkins
Read more“As for worrying about what other people might think – forget it. They aren’t concerned about you. They’re too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them.” Michael le Boeuf Speaker and Author
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