Parenting is in the UK news again today highlighting the Importance of Parenting. Naturally I believe parents have a crucial role in raising happy, confident, well behaved kids able to fulfill their true potential. Children raised with positive, confident parents who have high expectations and aspirations, inspire their children to try in Life, expect the […]
Here’s your Wednesday story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil! One Friday morning a couple of months ago the log man came to our house and delivered our winter pile of logs for our open fire but he dumped them outside my neighbour Helen’s door instead and she sent me a vitriolic text […]
What if I were to stop trying to improve myself? Download your copy of Sue’s Ebook How to give your kids the gift of self-esteem by clicking here About the author Sue Atkins is a Parenting Expert who offers practical guidance for bringing up happy, confident, well behaved children. She is also the author […]
When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, When you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is […]
I was invited onto BBC Breakfast again today to discuss young people demonstrating and protesting about the changes that will see maximum tuition fees treble to £9,000 a year for students. So imagine my surprise when Anne Widdecombe of “Strictly Come Dancing” fame walked into the Green Room! She was in great humour, doesn’t take […]
Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we are able to affect the most profound changes in the people around us. When we listen we offer sanctuary for the homeless parts within the […]
? Here’s the third and final part of my series on discipline, offering sensible, practical and down to earth tips on how to bring up well behaved kids! Download the latest podcast at Podbean The second in the series of podcasts on practical and down to earth discipline can be downloaded here and you can also download it from the […]
I was just talking to a new client and I asked her: How would you rate the parenting skills of your partner compared to you on a 1-10 scale? What are they better at than you? What are you better at than them? How do you complement each other? What’s the best things your kids get […]
I’ve been preparing and going over my talk on reducing stress called “STOP Worrying – START Dancing” for talk I am giving to a group of women in London next week and it got me pondering about the negative nature of stress and it reminded me of a Destructive Dragon that needs slaying. I know first […]
What’s going on right now that tells you that you have a problem or an issue with your kids at the moment? What’s currently missing from your family life? What’s happening now that’s good and you want to keep? What have you done so far to improve things? What obstacles have you met along the way? […]
My daughter Molly is studying for her mock GCSE’s at the moment in my office and we were reading her empowering poems about confident women. Now anyone who knows me also knows that I LOVE my painted red nails with individually hand painted patterns on them from the lovely ladies in East Grinstead ! So […]
Well, last night I started on dancing towards one of my goals for this year….. we went Salsa dancing in The Crow’s Nest and boy was it brilliant fun and going to be great exercise! I just loved the rhythm and the music and it was really lovely to meet like minded people all in […]
I relax knowing I am raising happy, confident, well behaved, resilent children that feel loved and nurtured. Download your copy of Sue’s Ebook How to give your kids the gift of self-esteem by clicking here About the author Sue Atkins is a Parenting Expert who offers practical guidance for bringing up happy, confident, well […]
Problems in the Playground I was asked by BBC Breakfast News to discuss playground behaviour in schools as a former Deputy Head and as a Parent Coach and Mum. It strikes me that there are two ways to improve playground behaviour. The school needs strategies, techniques and skills for handling conflict and parents need to teach […]
Leadership and being a role model Here’s your Wednesday Story from my never ending notebook and everlasting pencil. The Apprentice just managed to arrive in time for the class. Her cheeks were flushed from running and her heart was pumping hard. The topic for the day was Leading by Example. The Apprentice put up her […]
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