How Often Do You Use Humour With Your Kids?
If there is one thing children love its humour – mum or dad joking around making them laugh. Humour is an amazing way to bond and communicate with your child. It can be used: 1. To make a situation less serious 2. To diffuse situations I was discussing humour the other day and ...

How Do You Get Your Children To Share Their Troubles?
We all have different ways of solving our children's problems. Some parents solve the problem for them, others work with their child on it and other parents get the child to solve it themselves. In all cases parents need to show empathy and understanding of the issue so that the child ...

10 Things Children Want From Their Parents
I think there are many things that children want from their parents. These, in my opinion, are the top ten. Do you agree or diagree with my list? 1. Listening Ear 2. An Explanation 3. An opportunity to negotiate 4. Consistency 5. Promises to be kept 6. Help with making decisions and solving problems 7. Routine 8. Time 9. ...


"I thought about how I treat my friends and realised I need to be nicer to them."
Luke, 7 years old
"I learnt how to solve my own problems and found it very useful ."
Abi, 9 years old
"I feel strong and ready to start my new school."
Ella, 11 years old
"I now know there are lots of ways to approach a problem and and will use these ways straight away."
Holly, 11 years old

