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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Everyone knows that lullabies help babies sleep. But as a new study reveals they can also ease pain.

The traditional way to help babies fall off to sleep was to sing or hum a lullaby to them – there’s even a study conducted by a doctoral student from the Université de Montréal proving the efficiency of lullabies. Lullabies help lull babies to sleep for three […]

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Why the 8 hour ‘YouTube’ video of a vacuum cleaner which is designed to help babies sleep has over 3 million views

I was speaking about why babies like white noise to Malcolm on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester. Happy babies love white noise, because it helps them calm down & relax quickly. White noise resembles sounds the baby heard in the womb, which has a calming effect. It […]

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Children’s Sleep Needs

  I work with lots of parents around lack of sleep and bedtime routines using my 5 Step Solution process to quickly and easily get everyone into a new routine without prescription zolpidem online, damaging anyone’s self esteem. With Kids’ Bedtimes, Consistency Is Key To Learning And […]

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Why Finnish Babies sleep in cardboard boxes

  For 75 years, Finland’s expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It’s like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world’s lowest infant mortality […]

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Be Strong Enough To Be Gentle

Today I read this wonderful quote on the very delightful Victoria Chart Company Facebook page. “Be strong enough to be gentle. Too many parents equate being gentle with being weak or passive when nothing could be further from the truth. Gentleness requires great control, active connection, and […]

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7 Tips for Creating a Safe Sleep Space for Your Baby

Today I’m delighted to welcome Roxanne Porter as my guest blogger who has been caring for families for over 15 years on her website called Nanny Jobs in an attempt to reach more qualified nannies looking for work in the United States and Canada. She is here […]

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I’ve just launched to my new PARENTING MADE EASY ONLINE TODDLER SYSTEM

  Are you dealing with the “Terrible Two’s?” Do you suddenly have a fussy eater on your hands? Is it nearly impossible to get your toddler to stay in their bed at night? Are you struggling to potty train your toddler?   I understand as I’ve been […]

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My ITV ‘This Morning’ Families – Sleep Problems Made Easy !

As you know I am working with 3 wonderful families from the award winning daytime flagship show ‘This Morning’ and here is the email that Alison sent into the show asking for help around SLEEP or lack of it ! I’m sorry I can’t put the video footage up […]

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The Nightmare Nibbler

Today I am delighted to introduce you to Susan Smith inventor of The Nightmare Nibbler Susan is the creator of the Kidlutions Preferred Product Award winning plush toy, the Nightmare Nibbler. As the Mum of a young son, Sam, she was very familiar with the “middle of […]

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UK SURVEY DISCOVERS THAT SOME 12-YEAR-OLDS DRINK 28 ALCOHOL UNITS A WEEK.

  “Children who drink at younger ages are the ones who need help most. We also know that children whose parents misuse alcohol are more likely to develop their own problems later in life” ~Simon Antrobus, chief executive of drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Addaction I am […]

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Seven million school aged children and four million adults suffer daily from bed-wetting – help is at hand.

More than 750,000 children in the UK accidentally wet their beds at night. According to figures published by the British Medical Journal, 20% of five-year-olds have difficulty in controlling their bladders at night-time and it remains a problem for 3% of all 15-year-olds. The actual numbers are […]

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Sleep walking – some practical tips

Did you know that approximately 15% of children between 4-12 years of age will experience sleepwalking at some time. It can be quite disconcerting to bump into your child on the stairs looking wide awake but glassy eyed and they will probably not answer you when you […]

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Practical tips for sleep problems

In this podcast Sue gives you some practical tips and ideas to help your child fall asleep, stay asleep and not wake so early!     [powerpress]   If you have found this podcast helpful and thought provoking please pass it forward to your friends, colleagues, schools […]

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