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Preventing Our Children From Developing Demons (And Healing Our Own)
The book I am reading at the moment has got me inspired and excited. It’s called Healing Developmental Trauma by Laurence Heller, PhD and Aline LaPierre PsyD. If you’re interested in working on your demons it’s definitely a recommended read. For … Continue reading
Kids who don’t Talk about School
One of the most interesting things I have discovered about the human brain is that consciousness is really, really hard work. We often think we are making conscious decisions but the reality is the decision making process takes place in … Continue reading
Achieving Peace in Our Lifetime
About a year ago I had a flash of realisation… Calm is the Soul of Peace What are the implications then for those children growing up in frantic, noisy homes where flashing electronic lights (tv, dvd etc), stress, and lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Home Environment
Tagged calm, child, childhood, children, parenting, peace, soul, stress
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Time: How you Manage it says more about you than what you thought! (Oh dear)
My lovely friend, Odette, has got me thinking again…How do you manage time? Are you the person who always endeavours to be early – perhaps planning your journey somewhere to the nth degree and arriving well before you need to? … Continue reading
Posted in For Adults, Parenting Styles
Tagged always early, always late, attunement, fear of success, parenting, personality, time management
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Over-Protective Paret? Try This…
If we were all aware of our parenting style, and if we could always be conscious of our automated reactions to our children (and avoid/correct/respond more helpfully) – wouldn’t life be so much easier? Sigh. Our brains are built to make mistakes, … Continue reading
Parenting Trick: The Power of Three
Often when people speak to me about their children’s non-compliance (over small reasonable requests), the dreaded word – consistency – pops up. Consistency is an ideal and probably not what most parents can realistically manage – we all have bad … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, boundary setting, boundarys, child, children, communication, compliance, consistency, consitency, Diane Levy, discipline, emotion, family, how to, kids, maturity, naughty, non-compliance, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, rules, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, understand people
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Conscious Behaviour Begins at Home
Conscious awareness of our own behaviour will appear naturally, and in bursts, throughout our childhood and early adulthood, but only if the early work is done by our parents or by the social environment in which we live. For Mr Butterfly, … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment
Tagged behaviour, boundary setting, child, children, communication, discipline, emotion, family, kids, maturity, naughty, parenting, psychology, raise, risk-taking, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, sociology, stress, tantrum, understand people
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