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.

Got a topic you’d like covered? Just let Sue know and your question might be answered in the next blog!

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The Oops Plan – When Perfect Plans Plummet!

  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 with the most careful planning things don’t necessarily work out the way you thought? You know that moment when your kids are […]

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Back to School Tips – Tip 3 ~ Simple Strategies To Get Out The Door Faster, Less Frazzled And Smiling First Thing In The Morning

Morning Routines: Simple Strategies To Get Out The Door Faster, Less Frazzled And Smiling First Thing In The Morning Children thrive when they know what to expect and what they have to do. Implementing a morning routine will make them feel secure and prepared for the day […]

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Back to School Tips – Tip 1 ~ Simple Strategies To Get Out The Door Faster, Less Frazzled And Smiling First Thing In The Morning

Simple Strategies To Get Out The Door Faster, Less Frazzled And Smiling First Thing In The Morning Children thrive when they know what to expect and what they have to do. Implementing a morning routine will make them feel secure and prepared for the day ahead. Even […]

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Become Unsinkable – Learn Ways to Handle Major Change.

It’s Time to Let Go of What Was… I work with many parents going through the difficulties of major life changes and many of the people I coach are stuck. We are living through different and difficult times. Are you flourishing or floundering? In this blog I […]

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Teaching Courage

    Courage isn’t about something magical that happens inside us to make us ‘not scared’. It’s about something magical that happens inside us to make us push through fear, self-doubt, anxiety, and do the things that feel hard, challenging, or out of our comfort zone. Sometimes, […]

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Be Your Own Cheerleader ?

Let’s be honest life can be really hard at the best of times, but it’s even tougher at the moment. So wouldn’t it be great if you could hire a professional cheerleader just to follow you around all day and cheer you on? Someone that kept telling […]

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My ‘Can Do Kid Journal for Super Heroes’ has been endorsed by Dr. Amanda Gummer of Fundamentally Children

  I’m delighted to tell you that my The Can-Do Kids’ Journal for Superheroes: Discover Your Confidence Superpower! has had fab reviews from Fundamentally Children – by Dr. Amanda Gummer a research psychologist specialising in child development. What is it The ‘Can Do Kid Journal for Superheroes’ […]

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As parents your gift to your kids is to help them build stronger wings…

I’ve just written an eBook on GRIT that will be available to download from my website shop very soon, as I believe it is a very important part of helping to raise a child with confidence in their own ability. Here’s a story for you to ‘Pause […]

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How Failing Forward Will Make You A Great Parent

Here’s my article that was published on the Super Nanny website about how keeping positive can help you be a successful parent. One of my favourite parenting stories is about a famous research scientist who made several important medical breakthroughs. He was asked by a journalist why […]

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Should your kids pick up their values from their teacher?

As a former Deputy Head and Head of PSHE ( Personal, Social , Health Education) I was invited to speak on BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey about a new study that recommends that schools must teach children character and values. More than eight out of ten parents […]

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The Sue Atkins Weekly Parent Coaching Question

How can I teach my children to be resilient this week ?

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The Back To School ~ Tip 8 ~ Simple Strategies To Get Out The Door Faster, Less Frazzled And Smiling First Thing In The Morning

Morning Routines: Simple Strategies To Get Out The Door Faster, Less Frazzled And Smiling First Thing In The Morning Children thrive when they know what to expect and what they have to do. Implementing a morning routine will make them feel secure and prepared for the day […]

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