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Children Involvement in Gangs

Children Involvement in Gangs

Let’s Stop it Before it Starts In February of 2019 the Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfeild made this very bold statement The single most important thing in the fight against gang involvement, is for children to have at least one trusted adult, who can help keep […]

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 […]

10 Ways To Be More Present as a Parent

10 Ways To Be More Present as a Parent

10 ways to be more present as a parent Be truly 100% physically and mentally present. Put away any distractions like your mobile devices and your TV. Make bedtime a peaceful and intimate occasion. A time to peacefully close the day while giving yourself fully […]

Sibling Love – Sibling Rivalry

Sibling Love – Sibling Rivalry

Sibling Love – Sibling Rivalry     Sibling rivalry will always be with us because we are human. But getting our kids to love each other in a gentle, unconditional way despite disagreements takes gentle intentional parenting. 4 useful tips 1. Help them become friends […]

Affirming Your Child

Affirming Your Child

Affirming Your Child     As part of one of his poems, English author and poet James Allen penned the words, “the oak sleeps in the acorn”.  Our children are like acorns, and within them sleeps the potential of a mighty oak tree. Just as […]