Five sound reasons why parents should stay in touch with their child’s school throughout the year.
Building relationships with your child’s school, especially their teachers creates a strong foundation for a successful year. Gail Smith shares five key reasons why staying engaged throughout the year benefits both students and parents.
Keep A Look Out For Signs Of Stress In Your Child
In today's world, we often check in on our children's mental health. Social media and other challenges faced by youth remind us to stay vigilant. Gail Smith points out some common triggers that may indicate your child is under too much stress. By recognizing these signs, you can better gauge your child's well-being and offer support when needed. It's important to keep an eye out for these cues to ensure your child feels safe and supported.
Helping our children to love reading
Just as we need a balanced diet for our health, our children need a balance between books and other forms of entertainment. Explore these strategies to help your child develop a love for reading amidst the digital distractions.
Managing children’s behaviour
Children will, from time to time, challenge your authority and demand that their needs be met. Gail Smith shares some positive cues that give you a greater capacity to manage the situation and reduce the impact on both the parent and the child.
Your child needs your patience as they progress through school
Patience is a vital virtue for parents with children in school, this blog states the reasons why.
The Life giving Power of Politeness: Why Teaching Good Manners Boosts Your Child's Education!
Read about how politeness and manners are so important to implement in your child's upbringing.
14 easy parenting strategies
Here I have compiled a list of easy-to-apply strategies that can make parenting a little easier and make your child feel more connected to you. We could call them the simple language of parenting.
Poor behaviour can get you down - 9 ways to better manage
Here are nine tips to better respond when poor behaviour interferes with you and your child’s relationship.
What about our so-called underachievers?
Here are some reflections to help your child if they feel they are underachieving:
At what age should a child start at school?
The question of what age to start school has always been tough and debatable. Here are some thoughts about the suitability of school for your child.
Do you ever feel like you have hit rock bottom as a parent?
Everyone experiences moments like these as a parent. Here are a few tips to keep positive and that making mistakes is all part of parenting.
Keep an eye out for perfectionism
Here’s some parenting tips to encourage your child to believe in themselves and their successes.
Do you have plans for a fresh start in the brand new year?
What would you like to improve this year? Here are some ways that you and your child could add healthy habits into your daily life.
Start the year understanding ourselves better
Parenting is always about helping our children, we often forget ourselves. Here are some ways that you can better yourself and be a role model for your child.
Is bullying an issue for your child?
Bullying is a serious issue. Here's a few parenting tips on how to keep focused of the issue of bullying.
Learn to have some fun
Laughter and fun are the key ingredients for a happy, healthy life. Read more for some ways you and your child can have fun!
Learning about being responsible
Responsibility is a part of our makeup and challenges us throughout life. Here are some parenting tips to positively introduce responsibility to your child.
Managing children’s behaviour.
The household should have clear rules and be a place where the child can see you, the parent, living by the standards you set for them. Here are some tips to help manage children’s behaviour at home.