Parenting Articles
Your babies have somehow morphed it young adults off to university or a new job, and it’s just you. Even if you thought you’d love the time to yourself at last, it’s a big life change. If you just can’t feel yourself since the kids left, it could be ’empty nest syndrome’. How can you...
With other parents joking how glad they are school is back on and they have time to themselves -what if you just don’t feel the same? Do you secretly feel you are experiencing ’empty nest syndrome’ even when you know your children are just at school? Are you suffering low moods, or anxiety? Why am...
If you have a child who is gifted or talented, it can be something of a mixed blessing. While they may delight you with their brilliance, humour and originality, they can also be at risk of a range of social and emotional issues. How can you make sure that your child’s gift of intelligence doesn’t...
With its concept of being fully present instead of lost in your thoughts, and its tendency to make one calmer and more focused, it’s easy to see how mindfulness is now being embraced as a tool of good parenting. [Want more information on this ancient Eastern practise that even has new forms of therapy formed...
Most parents love and enjoy their children and want only the best for them. But in the last few decades things have not always gone according to plan. The rise of over-parenting has lead to a generation that seems allergic to independence. [Read our connected piece on “the Rise of Helicopter Parenting“]. The good news...
It used to be a given that your child would eventually grow up and leave home. Not so much nowadays. The latest generation of ‘millenials’ see parents dealing with their children wanting to live at home even after university, or handling ‘boomerang kids’ who move out but rush back the second life gets too hard....
If, like many women, you have struggled with poor body image, the chances are this will not magically disappear once you conceive. And if you experienced an eating disorder in the past it’s possible the changes of pregnancy can trigger a return of such behaviours. A large-scale Norwegian study found that almost 40% of women...
Positive parenting, often referred to as ‘positive discipline’, is a style of parenting based on respect for both child and adult. Central to positive parenting is the idea that humans are naturally sociable creatures, with a desire to connect with others. When children feel engaged, respected and supported in their community, they behave better. Where...
If you and your spouse are considering a divorce, whether or not it will be good for the children might be the argument that has you still hanging on. But what are the true psychological effects of divorce on children? And should you really stay together for the kids? The Changing Family – Is Divorce...
Just because you love each other doesn’t mean you love your spouse’s approach to raising kids. Why do conflicting parenting styles happen? Most often, despite all the books we read about parenting, we tend to rely on how we ourselves were raised. We attempt to build on what worked, and reshape what didn’t. The...
