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Parents: The Rule of Engagement for Tickling
It may seem odd that tickling needs a rule of engagement, but if we understand what’s happening in our children’s bodies and brains during a tickle-fest we can maximise their usefulness and fun. Likewise when not handled well, tickling can … 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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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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For Parents: Emotional Support v Emotional Indulgence
Maturity, as many of you already know, is the main aim Craig and I have for our children. We define maturity as having all the aspects that Daniel Goleman identified as Emotional Intelligence: persistence; delayed gratification; planning; organisation; empathy; impulse control; social deftness; motivation … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Self-Esteem?
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, child, children, communication, daniel goleman, emotion, emotional intelligence, family, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, school, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, understand people
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Two Temperaments + Two Power Tantrums = Mother with a Sense of Humour!
In order to keep me on my toes, our two lovely eldest sons decided to have Power Tantrums on the same morning. Luckily, I’d had a good night’s sleep and was in the right frame of mind to deal with … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Tantrums, Temperament
Tagged active alert, behaviour, child, children, choleric, communication, emotion, family, kids, managing tantrum, maturity, melancholic, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, power tantrum, psychology, raise, sanguine, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, temperament, understand people
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Parents: Your Three Year-Old can’t Sleep for a Reason!
When our nine year-old Mr Hare was the grand old age of three, and dropping his last daytime nap, he often couldn’t sleep at night. It used to do my head in. I remember getting extremely anxious for myself (surely … Continue reading
Posted in Home Environment, Parenting Tricks
Tagged behaviour, child, child who won't sleep at night, children, communication, dropping nap, emotion, family, four year old, kids, late nap, naughty, night, overwhelmed, parenting, raise, sleep issue, sleep problem, sleep problems, stress, tantrum, temperament, three year old, understand people
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The Real amount of Sleep Children NEED
As promised, part two of the sleep series which begins here: Parents: Naughty Kids Need More Sleep and Clever Kids Do Too.. I have no idea where I got this information from, but it seems to be standard and I … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well, Tantrums
Tagged amount of sleep, behaviour, child, children, emotion, family, kids, maturity, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, sleep, sleep recommendation, stress, tantrum, understand people
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Executive Function – A Story
On Friday morning, Mr Hare (aged nine) had the option of being organised and riding to the bus-stop with Craig in the work car or being less organised and me walking with him. The work car has Navman. The bus-stop is … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged behaviour, child, children, communication, creativity, emotion, exectutive function, family, kids, maturity, motivation, naughty, organisation, organising, overwhelmed, parenting, planning, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, self-organisation, sociology, stress, tantrum, understand people
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