Respectful Parenting
How to be the best parent you can be by connecting with your child and holding your boundaries respectfully.
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Tantrums and Meltdowns
Coping ⬇️If your kids are "angels" in one setting then struggle when they come home to you - please rest assured that you're doing a great job.When we as parents...
Breaking the Emotional Blackmail
Control it ⬇️Children don’t control our emotions. We do!What one adult may react to or be triggered by, another adult may not. That’s because we’ve all had different experiences, upbringings...
Supporting Siblings to play together
Yes - they fight.But instead of expecting any different from two infants with underdeveloped and impulsive brains, I’m actively supporting them to learn to play together by joining in.Here’s some...
There's no such thing as 'naughty'
🕵♀Be a detective🕵️♀️When your child hits out at you, focus on what they’re trying to communicate, not the behaviour.When your child says something mean, focus on what they’re trying to...
When you tell your child to stop doing something and they keep doing it...
Try this ⬇️When we tell our kids exactly what we'd like to see them do, we take away the cognitive load, we take away the temptation, we tell them what...
My kids are fighting over a toy - What we can say
A script! ⬇️The way you speak to your kids is EVERYTHING and it can mean the difference between everything working out and everyone having a meltdown!I find that this fun...
Self-esteem is everything.
😔If we're honest - I bet all of us can say we've said a phrase like this or had something similar said to us when we were children.🥺It comes from...
Your child's brain, why they're misbehaving and how to help when they're losing it
What to do ⬇️Sometimes our kids seem to lose it over the smallest things, like what colour cup they drink from or suddenly deciding they don't want something they've asked...
Why I don't say "Good Job" or "Well Done"
IYKYK ⬇️This change makes SUCH a difference and is totally worth practising if you're a parent.WE KNOW that we want to praise our kids and make them feel good but...
Taking Breaks Outdoors
We were losing it ⬇️Sometimes it feels like a military operation trying to get kids outside or to do anything but we do A LOT of it because we see...
5 Reasons Your Preschooler Isn't Listening To You
😡LISTEN UP!! If adults were to record themselves all day then listen back and tally up allllll the times they give their child a direction, or asked them a question...
Help! My toddler won't stop throwing toys
“stop throwing” doesn’t work. Here’s what does.Our kids need to learn how to throw and they obviously want to practice this skill. We just often don’t like to see it...
Girls have got this!
GIRLS HAVE GOT THIS.Some research into parent interactions with kids has found that parents are more likely to support their boys to take risks and be brave, and more likely...
No such thing as naughty
Here's how I see it.... Don't get me wrong - I still get triggered by my children. I'm only human and sometimes it really does feel like they're out to...
5 Steps to Help your Child having a hard time
The secret to staying calm ⬇️It starts with remembering that your child having big feelings is totally normal. It's developmentally appropriate. They're not meant to act like adults and forcing...
Sunday Chaos
Nothing relaxing about it.A reminder that gentle, respectful parenting isn't about training kids to be perfect little regulated angels. My kids were all over the shop today.Gentle and respectful parenting...
Avoid tantrums at the park
This works 👇Preschoolers don’t understand time. “5 more minutes” means nothing when you have no concept of a minute, so no wonder kids get frustrated when suddenly they’re pulled from...
Whats the best thing to say when your kid is having a tantrum
Hear me out ⬇️Kids have tantrums. They're developmentally appropriate - it's a big build up of feelings and emotions that they don't know how to process and it all comes...
Important phrases our kids need to hear
Say what you would have wanted to hear.We have such a HUGE impact on how our children feel about themselves as they grow. How we speak to them now directly...
Understanding your sensitive child's behaviour
How to help⬇️It's time to REFRAME your thinking.Often, the behaviours of highly sensitive children are labelled as 'difficult' - as if they do everything on purpose and with manipulation in...
