Tips To Support Your Child Finish The School Year Strong
Around this time of year, we often start checking out mentally and projecting ourselves onto the beaches and braais in the not-so-distant future. The trouble is, there is still this final stretch of school to get through, and we all need to button down and finish what we started strong. So, what can parents do […]
Five Ways To Foster Strong Sibling Bonds
When it comes to sibling relationships, we often picture a healthy mix of love and laughter, with a sprinkling of rivalry. As parents, it’s our job to cultivate these bonds, especially while our children are still young. But how do we encourage really strong connections while also helping them manage conflict? Let’s consider five ways […]
Three Tips To Encourage Mindful Eating For Kids
How do you begin to help your child be more mindful around eating and develop a good relationship with food? In this month’s blog we consider how to help your child connect with their tummies and minds, creating a healthier outlook on food and a better relationship with eating and themselves. What is mindful eating? […]
The Beauty of Dads
Whether you had a very present dad or you lost yours at an early age, whether you were a little intimidated by yours, or if your dad was your ‘everything’, a father is a powerful symbol that affects us from an incredibly early age. Dads forever inscribe what your child will consider acceptable and loving. […]
Are We Allowed To Help Our Kids Slow Down?
We live in a culture that encourages rat-race living with intense pressures all around, propelling us to fill our children’s time with loads of activities, extra-murals and all-around busyness. In this month’s blog, we think about what might be driving this intense activity, and how we can empower our kids to step out of the […]
How To Help Your Shy Child Make More Friends & Thrive
It can be surprisingly tough for a parent to manage having a shy child. But ‘shy’ isn’t necessarily a personality type. It can also be a way of managing the world and mediating pressuring situations. So how can we think more carefully about what may be going on for that shy kid and how can […]
How To Beat The January Blues
While it may seem like a strange idea, ‘January Blues’ is a real thing. Towards the end of the year when most people are tired and at the end of their tether, they look to the December break as a welcomed oasis after a long, hard year. But before they know it, the New Year […]
5 Ways To Make The Year End More Meaningful
So, we’re almost at the end of the year…almost! It’s always tough to make that final push towards December and parents may feel a little sluggish this time of the year. So what can families do together to make these last few weeks of the year feel a little lighter? Here are some great tips […]
Do Parents always have to agree?
Spouses are different people, with their own unique backgrounds and experiences informing their everyday parenting decisions. When there is general agreement on parenting scenarios this is relatively easy to negotiate and we can navigate household dynamics as a team. But what happens when parents need to present a united front to their kids yet have […]
Screen Time: Another Way To Think About It
If the COVID-19 taught us anything, it’s that technology is not our enemy. Even though we hated the pandemic we thankfully had technology to help us get through those long, lonely days. Now life is pretty much back to normal and the worry is that kids are even more attached to their tech devices. So […]