Back To Basics
Yesterday I attended a charity event that support parents and families going though difficult times and parents living with disabilities of one sort of another. An inspirational day and I met some great people. One of the people I met was a lovely lady who works with parents. She was ...
Is There More To A Defiant Child?
I was inspired to write this blog after two chance conversations with parents about their defiant children. One was a parent who believes their child has a disorder called Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and the other parent thinks that their childs defiance is just part of who are and they will grow ...
The Opportunity To Think
There are not many opportunities in the day when I just get to sit down and think without interruption. However, the last few days have been different and have allowed me to do this. I decided that given half-term I could also do with a break and so cleared my diary ...
Bickering Kids – Yes Mine
I like my blogs to be honest and despite working with children, my own are not perfect. Yesterday was just awful, both my children were in tears at the same time. I can cope easily with the noise of one but two! My 6 year old had pushed the 2 year old ...
Teaching Mitzvahs – The Act of Human Kindness
My six year old came home from school last week with sheets of paper with gems on them. Not real ones but large drawing of gems that you cut out and colour in. There was a note attached saying, 'Please cut these out and write on the back of each one something your child has ...
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