Respectful Parenting
How to be the best parent you can be by connecting with your child and holding your boundaries respectfully.
On the Blog...
Building our Childrens' Body Confidence
Your child's body is perfect and so is yours.Can you imagine your child hating their body like you do yours?! It doesn't bare thinking about. I'm not expecting that one...
Reasons your Toddler might be Hitting you
They're acting their age.You haven't got a "naughty" child. There's no such thing as naughty. You have a child with an under developed brain who is acting like a child...
What is Co-regulation and how can it help my child's behaviour?
Children DO what they SEE.Children need to SEE us regulate our own emotions and respond to them respectfully and calmly before they learn what to DO and can successfully regulate...
My son won't share with his sister, what can I do?
Sharing isn’t caring. Your child can’t share and that’s okay. It’s developmentally appropriate for our under five year olds to find it difficult to give away the thing that they’re...
You're being silly
They're not being silly. We're not listening. It’s so tempting to say things like “stop being silly, stop being silly, that’s enough” to our children, especially when they’re misbehaving in...
Why Saying "I won't let you do that" always works for unwanted behaviour
It can't fail, because we won't let it fail.Children need limits. Heaps of them. Almost constantly throughout the day. But that doesn't mean we have to remind them of those...
When Your Child is Losing It
All behaviour is communication. More often than not, our children are communicating that they need our HELP.We've had years of practice coping with our emotions and impulses and STILL we...
Why is my Toddler using a Baby Voice all the time?
Your toddler is being a baby.Why is it so triggering?!They're too old to be talking like this now and it's frustrating - you want them to talk normally and use...
How to Reduce Power Struggles
Children challenge us when they feel powerless.And it's fair enough. If our little ones were to spend a day recording us, we'd be shocked with the amount of directions they...
Stop Saying "Use Your Words" (and say this instead)
It's frustrating, I get it. Your smart and eloquent little person is suddenly whinging, misbehaving and lashing out and you're thinking "JUST USE YOUR WORDS!!". I think it every day....
Why I Do What I Do
Yesterday I saw a little boy locked outside and screaming and banging at the door to be let back in. He couldn’t have been older than maybe two and half...
Why saying "Don't Cry" can be Harmful (and what to say instead)
Remember: it's not our job to stop our kids from crying. It's ok to cry. It's our job to show them that we can cope with any and every emotion...
Stop & Think Before You Say No
Being an adult is boring. Our children can’t act like adults, nor should they want to. Often, when we tell kids ‘no’ or ‘stop’, we’re trying to make them act...
Easy Activities to Help Your Child to Regulate Anger
When our kids are angry, their brain's are out of control. They need us to be the calm and help them to find their calm.The thing is, when they're upset,...
Help! My Toddler Won't Stop Throwing Things
If they have the urge to throw then they need to throw. Give them something you’re happy for them to throw, and you’ll find your battling with your toddler much...
How to get Your Child to Listen to You Without Resorting to Shouting
It's all about how you say it!Respectful parenting always works, it's just about being firm, kind and holding your boundaries.It can be a hard pill to swallow, but children don't...
Child with Big Behaviours
You don't want to lose control and get angry with your child. It doesn't feel good inside. You're just tired, overwhelmed and don't know what else to do.Your child doesn't...
Children Copy Everything They See Us Doing
Some people tell me their partners are looking for evidence that respectful, authoritative parenting is better for kids, that it ‘works’. This is evidence enough. Kindness and firmness goes a...
Wacth me Co-regulate with my Toddler
Co-regulation basically means calming down together.When our children are losing it and misbehaving, often that makes us want to ‘lose it’ with them and shout. Their dysregulation makes us dysregulated....
Reminder: Kids Truly Don't Want to Misbehave
Kids TRULY don’t want to misbehave. Even if it looks like they’re laughing, they’re doing so because they feel so uncomfortable and out of control. If we choose to not...
