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By: Collett Smart
Like many reading this, I am a parent to 3 children – and the talk of COVID-19 hasn’t left our house much in the last few weeks, especially since the flow of information (and misinformation) has picked up. It’s difficult to ignore isn’t it? Continue reading “What to Say to Children and Teens About COVID-19”
By: Collett Smart
Part of my day job sees me lucky enough to spend time with teens. I have run media literacy seminars for students, in schools around the world, for a number of years now. Whenever I ask a group of tween or teen boys what they think the main area of body focus is, for boys, they yell out, ‘A six-pack!’ (I’ve even heard 9-year-old boys talking about and trying to compare their six-packs.) This line is the same, whether I am in Zimbabwe, New Zealand, the USA or Australia. Continue reading “Boys Have Body Image Issues Too”
By: Robert Garrett
Parenting involves sacrifice – that’s hardly news to anyone with kids. Whether it’s getting up early on a Saturday morning to take them to their game or going without something in order to provide for them, it’s just what we do. Continue reading “3 Habits to Develop Healthy Parental Downtime”
By: Collett Smart
Nothing stirs the heart of a parent more than bullying. I don’t think there is a week that goes by without a story in the media about a child being bullied. Continue reading “What if my Child is the Bully?”
You’ve been on the sidelines of the netball court (or soccer pitch, etc) cheering and encouraging. Continue reading “Winning Or Losing: How To Handle A Bad Sport”
By: Robert Garrett
I can be quite ‘particular’; others call it perfectionism. Regardless of what you call it, this sometimes obsessive tendency for things to be ‘just so’ can undermine our goal to build confidence and responsibility into our kids. Continue reading “Perfectionism – Stealing Children’s Confidence and Responsibility?”
I’ve been running parenting workshops full-time around Australia for close to ten years and in all that time no parent has ever told me:
By: Jenny Baxter
Generational Gaps: Who would have thought what your grandparents didn’t know makes a difference to you?
Continue reading “Do You Have Generational Gaps in Life-Skills?”
“Excess screen time has reduced our attention span to eight seconds, one less than that of a goldfish.”
Continue reading “5 Better Conversations To Have About Screens”
By: Jenny Baxter
Unsurprisingly, it’s the little things that take you by surprise. Too late you discover the things you didn’t teach your kids.
Continue reading “Teaching the Little Things, Like Swallowing Peas?”