30 Jun 2017 Helping Children Bounce Back
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...
Parenting
30 Apr 2017 Self Care for Mums
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...
26 Mar 2017 Easter is a time for rituals and family
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...
12 Mar 2017 How much screen time should my child have?
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...
28 Feb 2017 My thighs are too fat: Promoting positive body image in young children
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...
29 Jan 2017 8 Tips for Getting Back to School this year
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...
30 Aug 2016 9 ways to stop daytime wetting
Did you know that many children beyond the age of 4 or 5 still having problems with daytime wetting? Some children may start to have a problem after having initially...