by Monique | Feb 10, 2020 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
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...
by Monique | Feb 10, 2020 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Helping Kids with Worry, Anxiety and Stress, Parents and Carers
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...
by Monique | Feb 10, 2020 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
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...
by Monique | Feb 10, 2020 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
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...
by Monique | Feb 10, 2020 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
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...
by Monique | Feb 10, 2020 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
Imagine that every day you received a hundred instructions to follow, most of which you didn’t understand the rationale, relevancy or reason for. All day you listened to people saying things to you such as: Do NOT put red items on a wooden table. NEVER speak while...
