All children at some point in their development are likely to experience some anxiety about being separated from their primary carer. It’s common and normal among babies and toddlers. A few...
This week’s Vlog discusses tips for surviving Christmas. ...
This week’s Vlog discusses the role that rituals can play in developing mental health and welbeing. ...
This weeks Vlog discusses why children tell lies and what we should do as parents to manage this behaviour. ...
We all face difficulties in our lives. Children are not immune to this. Building resilience in our children is vital to their future wellbeing. What is resilience? Resilience refers to a child’s...
The demands of being a mother can leave little time for taking care of ourselves. We can be really good as mums at caring for everyone else and forgetting to...
Whether or not you celebrate Easter in a religious sense, the extra time away from work and school create an ideal time for developing rituals and traditions for families. As...
A common questioned posed to me is “how much screen time should by child have?” And my answer has always been that depends. Previously paediatricians and other regulatory bodies recommended...
Recently I was horrified to have my 7-year-old daughter tell me that her thighs were too fat and she hated them and wished that they would be smaller. I should...
A fear of change and the ‘unknown’ prompted my daughter to request a few days ahead of returning to school that she be home schooled from now on. This is...