Making Memories at Father Daughter Camp
Our Years 5 & 6 dads and daughters had a fun two days down at Woodman Point, where they rock climbed, rafted, painted, and more!
Parenting
Sleep, The Miracle Medicine – Jennifer Oaten
Sleep is a miracle medicine; it is free, has no side effects and has significant power to influence our lives. Sleep has a strong influence on our happiness and our positive outlook on life.
The Enormous Power of Celebration
Active-constructive responding is a set of behaviours that promote intimacy and trust. Responding to a child’s good news in this way builds the relationship.
Growing Brave Kids
It is important that we raise brave kids. We want them to take risks intellectually, emotionally, and physically. Here’s how we can develop bravery…
Don’t Forget To Connect With Your Teen
What kids need most from us is meaningful connection, it has a profound impact on their physical and mental health. How do we build that connection when they are so often pulling away?
What If My Child Becomes The Bully?
Usually, we worry about our children being bullied, but what if our child is the bully? What causes kids to bully and what can we do about it?
Wise Advice from Dads of Girls
Father’s Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the wisdom of dads. Here are 10 pieces of valuable advice for dads of girls, from dads of girls.
Wise Advice from Dads of Girls
Father’s Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the wisdom of dads. Here are 10 pieces of valuable advice for dads of girls, from dads of girls.
Let’s stop saying, “Let it go”
The inconvenient truth about painful emotions and traumatic experiences is that you can’t let them go. And if you try, you will fail. So what should we be saying instead?
Wise Advice from Dads of Girls
Father’s Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the wisdom of dads in our Santa Maria College community.Here are 10 pieces of valuable advice for dads of girls.
Why Do Kids Swear And How Do You Respond?
The average person’s use of swear words peaks in the teenage years and declines from then on. What is so attractive to kids about swearing and how should we respond?
Why Do Kids Swear And How Do You Respond?
The average person’s use of swear words peaks in the teenage years and declines from then on. What is so attractive to kids about swearing and how should we respond?
Top Tips For Dads With Daughters – Video
The father-daughter bond can be magical, it can also be fragile. This is especially the case during the teen years. This clip offers 10 tips for building the bond
“You mustn’t tell anyone what I’m about to tell you”
What should you do when your child divulges to you that one of their friends is using drugs or alcohol? Paul Dillon provides invaluable advice.
How to Talk About Weight Gain Without Shaming
Talking about weight gain with your child is extremely difficult. There are competing concerns about health and self-esteem. What do you say?
Helping Kids Overwhelmed By Their Feelings
Adolescence is a time of huge emotional turmoil. Our kids can feel overwhelmed by their feelings but they don’t yet know how to regulate them. This is how you can help.
5 Truths About Friendship That Will Save Your Kids A Lot Of Pain
We don’t usually talk to kids about friendship. But if we talk to kids about these relationships and set realistic expectations we can save them a lot of pain.
The Weapon We Need In The War On Bullying
Bullying is one of the most damaging experiences our kids face, and there are no easy fixes. Our best hope is a culture of empathy.
Beating Loneliness by Madonna King
How can our daughters be so connected, and yet often feel so utterly, utterly alone? That irony surfaced in the research of my book Being 14: Helping fierce teens become awesome women. Interviews with almost 200 of them showed they were permanently connected, living in a world of touch screen and wifi, of devices and apps, of television on demand, music in the pocket, and instant gratification. And that was what they saw as the divider between their generation, and that of their parents.
When Should Parents Pull Back?
Parents are often eager to ensure their kids are happy and safe, but when should you pull back? When are you doing more harm than good?
Best Friends Forever…For Now!
Teenagers seem to have all the skills to get themselves into conflict situations, but few of those required to bale themselves out. Here’s how we can help them.
The Power of Consistency in a Now, Now, Now World
If you had to identify one thing that distinguishes this generation of teens from all those before it, I think it would be their belief in the power of now. They are the generation of instant gratification. If you want to speak to someone, you call them on their mobile device. If you want to see someone, you FaceTime or Skype.
Talking to Kids About Manchester
The bombing in Manchester was beyond abhorrent. It defies comprehension that someone could plan an attack that was sure to kill children and the adults caring for them. It is always shocking when innocent people are targeted, but this tragedy poses special problems for parents and those who work with young people.
10 Positive Conversations You Can Have About ’13 Reasons Why’
Watching 13 Reasons Why I completely understood why our teens are finding it so compelling. It’s not just because it …
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10 Ways to Increase Your Child’s Resilience
10 practical ways to help your child to develop the resilience they will need to face the challenges ahead.
How to Respond to Your Child’s Friendship Issues
Your daughter comes home from school and her heart is broken. Her best friends have told her they don’t …
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Teen Speak: How to Have Important Conversations with Teenagers
Having serious conversations with teenagers is notoriously difficult. Here are 10 skills adults need to help kids open up and talk.
Social Media: What Every Parent Should Know
Social media is where kids connect and conduct a large part of their social life. It’s important that parents know what it’s all about and how to guide kids.
When Kids Don’t Fit In
At some stage most kids feel left out and alone at school. There are lots of reasons for this. How do we help those kids and how do we create a culture of inclusion?
Who’s Feeding Your Kids?
We have developed incredibly negative relationships with food and we are passing these attitudes on to our kids. How can we reframe food and diet?