A New Way To End Screen Time Without Tantrums
There is plenty of advice around about how much screen time kids should get but what happens when you need to end screen time? How do you get them to put it down? The 10 minute warning or setting a timer are good strategies in theory but they rarely work as well as I’d like. […]
How I Use Reframing To Get My Preschooler To Cooperate
I’m about to share a parenting moment I’m not proud of. Try not to judge too much. The other day I was trying to squeeze in some work on an assignment before it was time for the dinner rush, but my four year old wasn’t having a bar of it. Despite numerous attempts to set […]
Can We all Just Stop It?
This post was contributed by Maggie Dent Today’s world is a worrisome place in so many ways. The global disasters and horror stories that filter through to our TVs, radios and newsfeeds minutes after they happen – often with scant regard for the truth – mean that our perceptions of our own safety are also […]
URSTRONG Helps Kids Build Healthy Friendships And They Share Their Top Advice …
Friendships are an important and powerful part of our lives. However, they are often not without drama and this can be tricky to navigate. For children in particular it can become all-consuming. As a parent it can be difficult to watch your child struggle with friendship conflict and even harder to know how to help […]
Teaching Your Child To Grow From Hurtful Experiences
It is hard enough as an adult to deal with people who say or do hurtful or insensitive things. Imagine then how difficult it is for children to cope when it happens to them. Let’s face it kids can be a pretty insensitive bunch. Often they have no filter and can say whatever pops into […]
Why I Made A Family Bucket List
With my youngest about to turn four and my eldest about to turn eleven, I’m struck by the truth of the saying “The days are long by the years are short”. They are growing up far too fast and I’m highly conscious that once they hit those teenage years, the time they will want to […]
How To Help When Your Child Is Being Bullied
As a parent, it is incredibly upsetting to hear that your child is being bullied. It can also be very hard to realise it’s going on. Sadly, the chances of it happening are high, with one in four children bullied at school in Australia. So what is bullying and how should you react if your child becomes […]
The Benefits Of Sending Siblings To Different High Schools
Choosing a high school for your child is a major decision. After all, it is essentially the launch pad for their future and you are entrusting that institution with your child’s intellectual and emotional wellbeing for six years of crucial development. With this in mind, it’s interesting to note that once a school has been […]
How Learning A Musical Instrument Can Benefit Your Child
Last week a French Horn came home with school with my 8 year old. This joins our existing ensemble which already includes a tenor saxophone, keyboard and electric drum kit. I’m going to have to buy my neighbours noise cancelling headphones for Christmas. Despite my grumbles about the racket, I am actually quite pleased my […]
How To Know Which Kindergarten Or Preschool Is Right For Your Child
Choosing the right kindergarten or preschool for your child is a big decision. After all, you will be entrusting your child’s emotional, physical and educational well being to strangers, possibly for the first time in their lives. Across Australia, the terms kindergarten or preschool or even pre-prep are used to describe the year before a […]