Car seat 101 – safety first
Did you know that most Scandinavian children travel rear facing until well into their fifth year? This has seen a dramatic improvement in accident…
Parenting
When Your Child’s Anger Triggers You
“The only way to help your child is to do the work yourself. Your child needs a guide through the tsunami.” – Leslie Potter,…
Fussy Eaters, Busy Parents and Smuggling those Veggies In
Yes, we’ve all been there (delete as appropriate): a: You spend hours in the kitchen, but whatever you create your wee darling refuses to…
5 Strategies That Prevent Most Misbehaviour
“Okay, you’ve convinced me not to punish. But my two year old still bites, has tantrums, throws his food and scribbles on the furniture….”…
How Can You Set Limits If You Don’t Use Threats to Enforce Them?
By Dr Laura Markham “I’m struggling with how to enforce limits without a consequence. For example, brushing teeth – she’ll refuse. It’s not reasonable…
Gentle parenting means no punishments and no rewards
By Bec English Gentle parenting means no punishments and no rewards: just a partnership with your kids where they want to do the right…
5 ways to help your child fall in love with nature
One of the first articles I ever read in the Natural Parent Magazine, many years ago now, when my eldest child was head-sniffingly new,…
4 Easy Ways to Build Your Child’s Self Esteem with Your Words
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” – Haim Ginott Children rely…
How To Create A Delightful Children’s Party
Call me fuddy duddy, call me square. But every time I pick my daughter up from a ‘children’s party’ only to find a gang…
Dads…12 things every new mother wants you to know.
Congratulations on becoming a dad. It’s exciting and exhilarating but it’s also exhausting and it can be damn confusing too, as you not only…