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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POV: Your house is a mess
You are ENOUGH.Whenever I share videos of my chaotic home I without question get messages from my followers thanking me for sharing what my house looks like.So many of us...
How to respond when your child is angry, frustrated or upset in public
What to say ⬇️It's easy to fall into the habit of trying to stop kids crying or showing frustration. In public, their outbursts can feel embarrassing. At home, their emotional...
3 Signs your child is struggling but can't tell you
Watch & Listen ⬇️Kids don't have the words or the maturity to express to us with words that they're having a hard time.They SHOW us that with their actions, play...
Reduce Bickering
STEP 1 ⬇️⬇️In no way am I expecting that my kids are going to get along all the time and not bicker, fight and struggle against each other.They're young, they're...
After School Meltdowns
QUICK FIXES ⬇️ My kids, like most kids, are often super dysregulated after a full day of preschool. They’re tired, hangry, sick of transitions, interested in all their toys but...
Parenting Respectfully ≠ Being Passive
Kids are allowed feelingsHolding space for feelings is so important. Kids need to be able to feel the full array of emotions life throws at them, just like we do....
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...
5 Early Signs of Autism
Good to know ⬇️You can't diagnose Autism from an Instagram post, but it's important to be aware of SOME of the things you might observe and think about if your...
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...
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...
When swimming lessons go wrong...
My response ⬇️When our kids feel dysregulated, out of control, the worst thing we can do is try to be more in control and push them further out of the...
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...
Why won't my kids calm down?!
You might need to hear this today ⬇️Real talk: I often find my kids' behaviour triggering. The noise of shouting and whinging and crying can feel all too much for...
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...
Sharing my chaotic evening of parenting
Hats off to solo parents.Bedtime can be SOOOO triggering. All you want is for everyone to calm down and go to sleep so you can finally have some time to...
