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Navigating the Teenage Brain
Raising a teenager can be an adventure, to say the least. It's no secret that teenage brains are wired differently from those of adults....
5 Tips to Manage Christmas Meltdowns
It is nearly here – the Wonderful Christmas time! School concerts and assemblies, Christmas songs and decorations everywhere you go,...
10 Outdoor Games for the Best Summer Holidays
Think back to your own summer holidays when you were a child. Most of the time, we were spending time outdoors and playing in the yard....
Cultivating a Peaceful School Holiday
The school holidays are here! Are you feeling happy to have the kids home, or are you already counting down the days until they go back...
Dealing with Mom Fears
A long time ago I was fearless. I could swim past the buoys and enjoy the corals of the Red Sea, I could parachute from a plane and...
The Different Sides of Anxiety
Last month's blog was about self-care, and I shared a few tips on the physical and mental ways of dealing with anxiety in adults,...
Modeling Healthy Responses to Stress
Hi parents, We all have been stuck on an emotional roller coaster over the past couple of years. The world keeps throwing up more and...
Myths About Punishment and What to Do Instead (Part 1)
Psychologists and developmental specialists unanimously agree that punishment is detrimental to a child's development. We’ve all heard...
How to Parent Sanely During the Festive Season
Sane parenting during the silly season sounds like a tall order, but I promise that it's not as difficult as it sounds. I agree that...
Are you an Emotion Dismissing or an Emotion Coaching parent?
We used to think that IQ was a deciding factor in how a child would fare in adulthood. However, many years of research and studies have...
Using Family Meetings as a Positive Parenting Tool
Are family meetings a regular part of the routine at your house? Family meetings can be such a positive part of family life, and can have...
How to Stay Connected with Family Overseas
In these days of COVID-19 travel restrictions, quarantines and lockdowns, many of us have found it difficult or impossible to travel and...
How to Help Your Kids Make Friends
One of the crucial components of friendly relations between people is attachment, to which the famous psychologist J. Bowlby devoted his...
The Hows and Whys of Being in Charge as a Parent
Why is it important for parents to be in charge? The part of the brain dealing with logic and rationality and controlling emotions, the...
The 5Cs of Parenting as a Team with Your Partner
They used to say, “it takes a village to raise a child”. This saying might be a little old fashioned these days with our individualistic...
Bedtime Battles and How to Avoid Them
The eternal headache of many parents is children's sleep and bedtime battles. Plus, each age has its own challenges: tiny babies suffer...
My Favourite Parenting Books
When my oldest children were very young I remember moving to a new country, leaving behind everyone who was helping me with my kids and...
What to do with rebel children? 8 great tips for tired parents
What to do with rebel children? 8 great tips for tired parents Rebel children come to teach us about interaction and cooperation (and...
Saying goodbyes to little ones
Today I want to talk about how mom can say goodbye to her very young children when she needs to leave them for a short time. Maybe mom is...
Who do you love more, Mom?
“Mom, who do you love more?”
I paused for a second and a rule of child psychology came to my mind - never say "I love you all the same."
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