PARENTING THURSDAY: Safe & Sound

PARENTING THURSDAY: Safe & Sound

A child's list of fears tends to grow as they learn more about the world. This coincides with the thinking in some childhood research circles that at some point, a child realises that they are not central to the world, but a part of it, and that this world isn’t always a nice place. This causes deep feelings of being unsettled in many children.

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PARENTING THURSDAY REVISITED: Playing By The Rules

PARENTING THURSDAY REVISITED: Playing By The Rules

Have we ever heard the phrase “Do as I say, not as I do”? If we hadn’t heard or said those exact words, perhaps our actions might have communicated this mindset. We can embody phrases like this in an unintentional way, without even noticing.

We tell our children “no devices” at mealtimes, yet we will eagerly monitor our phones for emails from work. We become the very manifestation of “Do as I say not as I do.”

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PARENTING THURSDAY: Accentuate The Positive

PARENTING THURSDAY: Accentuate The Positive

It seems like we are constantly bombarded with messages that there is something wrong or that something needs to be fixed or improved in our lives. This also stretches into parenting, where it can (at times) seem that we are more governed by fear of what our children can't do, rather than pride in what they are capable of.

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