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Jul 5, 20241 min read

Letting go

There's a lot of letting go in NVR. One of the things we can let go of is the idea that we're responsible for the actions and responses...

Jul 4, 20242 min read

Disability support

Did you know that you can apply for disability living allowance (PIP) if your child needs help above and beyond what would typically be...

Jul 2, 20241 min read

Achieving better connections

Last year friend and colleague Al Coates and I wrote a parenting course for a local authority to use as their default training for...

Jun 10, 20242 min read

You can't do everything

I don’t believe we can do everything. Actually, I don't believe we can do anything either. I have my limitations and I believe we all do....

May 30, 20241 min read

Parental presence

This to me is parental presence. Everything we do (and don't do) influencing their development, influencing their values, influencing the...

Apr 26, 20241 min read

Get a dog

If you have a teenager, or a handful of teenagers, you'll know that teenagers aren't very often pleased to see us. If your self worth was...

Apr 25, 20242 min read

Triggers and glimmers

Sometimes we know how we want to deal with things as parents. We know what we need to do and what we should avoid doing. We can picture...

Apr 17, 20241 min read

Self care

Being told to make space for self care when things are difficult can feel shallow & it can highlight just how little people understand...

Apr 13, 20241 min read

It's okay to pay a high price

“It’s okay to pay a price if you’re buying something valuable.” This section is from a book by Eli Lebowitz and Haim Omer. It’s about the...

Apr 6, 20242 min read

Realistic therapeutic parenting

Parenting is hard. Really hard. Therapeutic parenting is beyond hard. In all the therapeutic parenting advice (specific to...