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<strong>Intercepting – “The Ghost In the Nursery” Part 2 </strong>

Intercepting – “The Ghost In the Nursery” Part 2 

Intercepting – The Ghost In the Nursery Part 2 The Importance of Mindfulness In Parenting On Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting Practices “A thing which has not been understood inevitably reappears; like an unlaid ghost, it cannot rest until the mystery has been solved and the spell […]

Discovering The Ghost In the Nursery – Part 1 Intergenerational Parenting Practices

Discovering The Ghost In the Nursery – Part 1 Intergenerational Parenting Practices

In 1975, Selma Fraiberg, a clinical social worker and child psychoanalyst, presented the metaphor of “ghosts in the nursery.” In every nursery there are ghosts. They are visitors from the unremembered past of the parents, the uninvited guests at the christening. Under all favourable circumstances […]

6 Ways to use Connection to Make Discipline Much Easier

6 Ways to use Connection to Make Discipline Much Easier

 6 Ways to use Connection to Make Discipline Much Easier   Children and young people have brains which are not yet fully developed. The part of a child’s brain responsible for reasoning and logic, the same part which should calm them whenever they are faced […]

How to Identify and Successfully Manage Parenting Triggers

How to Identify and Successfully Manage Parenting Triggers

As parents, even the best of us sometimes find ourselves yielding to negative impulses and reactions, which cause us to behave in unhelpful ways towards our children. These impulses and reactions seem to come from nowhere. Try as we may, we find it difficult to […]