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Jul 21 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 231 min read

Mindful parenting

I’ve been doing a lot of driving lately - a lot - and I’ve been listening to audiobooks to make the most of the time. So far I’m still on...

Jun 102 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 301 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 261 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 252 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 171 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 131 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 102 min read

Adopting siblings

Today is world siblings day. When children can’t live with their parents, the decision whether to keep brothers and sisters together in a...

Apr 62 min read

Realistic therapeutic parenting

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