How Do You Show You Are Listening?
How often does your child tell you that you aren’t listening to them. Have you ever thought why they say that? - Is it because you are not looking at them whilst they are speaking? - Is it because you aren’t validating their feelings or their thoughts? - Are you nodding your head? - Are ...

What Can You Do With A Stubborn Child?
Stubborn children can be challenging. You want them to do something but they just dig their heels in and refuse to budge on their actions or their thoughts or even ignore you when you discipline them. It can make some parents feel angry and frustrated. How on earth do we get ...

Let Them Speak
I sometimes wonder if we let our children speak up enough. We ask them a question and we sometimes don’t let them finish. The same goes for conversations. They are in the middle of telling you about their day and you dive in asking them questions. We are not teaching ...

Misreading Facial Expressions
We all pull them and make them but are facial expressions easy to read? Well I know as an adult that I can sometimes get it wrong and I know for sure that many children do too. Facial expressions can often be misread. For example, a child can see a ...

What Traits Do You Think Are Essential In Children?
There are so many thinks we want our children to be but it is not possible for them to be ‘all singing all dancing’ individuals. There are traits that we would like them to have in order for them to survive and succeed in the outside world. Are these them? Trustworthiness Confidence Positive ...

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