By: Collett Smart
It’s been a strange year for all students, but none more so than those in their final year of school. Continue reading “What the Final Class of 2020 Needs from You Right Now”
What the Final Class of 2020 Needs from You Right Now
Teaching Teens About Healthy Disagreement
By: Robert Garrett
In Braving the Wilderness, author Brené Brown says, “In philosophy, “you’re either with us or against us” is considered a false dichotomy or a false dilemma. It’s a move to force people to take sides. [However] the ability to think past either/or situations is the foundation of critical thinking, but still, it requires courage. Getting curious and asking questions happens outside our bunkers of certainty.” Continue reading “Teaching Teens About Healthy Disagreement”
9 Practical Ways to Support Anxious Kids Return to School
By: Collett Smart
The relaxing and lifting of restrictions in schools makes it sound like we’re on our way back to normal, yet ‘normal’ is a long way off. And our children know it. Continue reading “9 Practical Ways to Support Anxious Kids Return to School”
How to Help Your Anxious Child Transition Back to School
I recently wrote about how to find joy during crisis. Much of what I included came from my Facebook community, who shared their stories of joy and happiness out of a stressful and difficult time. This included parents who have had the immense pleasure of watching their previously anxious and unhappy children thrive. Continue reading “How to Help Your Anxious Child Transition Back to School”
Pandemic Parenting – It’s OK to Do Less
Pandemic parenting. It’s intense and surreal (and sometimes claustrophobic). There are so many new expectations on parents at the moment. Many of us are working from home, managing our own stresses in a new environment with more or less technical difficulties. Continue reading “Pandemic Parenting – It’s OK to Do Less”
Make Sure Your Teens are Using Social Media Well in Isolation: Expert Tips
By: Laura Bennett
Social media is a complex beast. Continue reading “Make Sure Your Teens are Using Social Media Well in Isolation: Expert Tips”
Children’s Entertainer Colin Buchanan Creates Online Kids Church
By: Laura Bennett
Keeping the kids entertained is a tall order at the moment. Between the closure of their usual outdoor hangouts and the time pressure on parents, giving kids meaningful activities to do can be tough. Continue reading “Children’s Entertainer Colin Buchanan Creates Online Kids Church”
How Can Divorced Parents Get on The Same Page During COVID-19?
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions from mums and dads who are divorced and separated about parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic. I understand why – even if you are on the same page as your ex-partner generally, the unsettling times we are living can throw a spanner in your carefully constructed parenting regimes. Continue reading “How Can Divorced Parents Get on The Same Page During COVID-19?”
A Roadmap for Co-Parents During COVID-19
Parenting is an exercise in organisation, communication, and flexibility at the best of times. Co-parenting, particularly in blended families, is even more complicated. And in the midst of a pandemic, it’s exponentially harder. Continue reading “A Roadmap for Co-Parents During COVID-19”
When Schooling Comes Home
By: Collett Smart
There is a staggered start to online learning all over the country this month – as school holidays officially end. Like many of you, I am picking up this next plate to add to those already spinning in the air. I am actually a teacher as well as a psychologist and let me reassure you, this is not homeschooling. This is not even normal schooling for schools! Continue reading “When Schooling Comes Home”