In the last few weeks I’ve presented at a number of school “acquaintance” and “orientation” nights to parents of primary and secondary students – and one of the topics I cover in these seminars is sleep: how much children and teens need and how we support them to get...
One of the most common stressors for parents/caregivers in 2018 is managing their children’s device or technology usage. This is true for all families, but particularly true for children with behavioural, social and emotional challenges. It can be particularly...
As parents, it is important for us to help our children/teens get enough sleep. This means we need to teach young people about sleep; why sleep is important and strategies to use to get enough. But other than “you need to get enough sleep” – what...
This was a question we had recently in the clinic. It was difficult to recommend minutes per se – as it depended on what the child is used to, what other activities happen in the family home and many other factors. But here are the principles we talked through...
Some time back the Huffington Post shared an article titled “Yelling at our kids could be as harmful as physical discipline”. I’ve had a few messages inquiring about the article with some readers saying they have been feeling uncomfortable about...
Lately I have read a number of articles and heard a number of speakers criticise the over indulgent, over involved, over protective parents of this generation. They scorn so called “helicopter parents” for protecting their children and adolescents from what they see...
