by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
Last week I ran a seminar for parents at a local primary school. I had almost got to the end of the night and we were discussing rules for kids. As parents, we know that part of our job is to set, monitor and enforce rules for our children. We have to do this to...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
Do you have a child/teen who is *desperate* to be non stop gaming/watching online video this school holidays? Have you lectured them about the need for a balance of activities until you’re exhausted and want to throw all i-devices/gaming consoles off the edge of the...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
Some kids and teens get upset a lot – more than the average child/teen. They get REALLY mad when things are unfair, outraged when their plans are thwarted, really stressed when they have small responsibilities, anxious about how other people think about them and...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
One of the ongoing challenging tasks for parents is to help children and young people to get their jobs done. Trying to help children and teens follow through on mundane tasks like cleaning rooms, unpacking bags, putting their toys and doing assigned chores. This is...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
John and Judy* came in to see me a few months ago now, directly after dropping their daughter Sally (9) off at school. I could tell by their faces that the morning had not gone well. Sure enough, as soon as they sat down they told me about how Sally had “got...
by Kirrilie | Oct 9, 2017 | Helping Kids with Frustration and Tricky Behaviour, Parents and Carers
Last night I missed out on watching a House of Cards episode I’d been really looking forward to, because my husband (who watches it with me) had to work. It was the one thing which had kept me going during a long day and evening of work and I was really...