We are told labelling our kids is a bad idea but what is it, why don’t we want to do it and how can we avoid it? Read on to find out and to discover 5 steps to prevent it from happening in your family.

Children need courage to embrace life fully so how can we help to facilitate them to be courageous?

I think there are 5 key things…

1. Acceptance

2. Attention

3. Appreciation

4. Praise in Moderation

5. A Courageous Role Model

Sometimes parenting can feel like a big old jumble. We know that something isn’t working but we don’t know exactly what is going wrong. So here are 5 questions to help you gain a bit of clarity.

There are always going to be times when you want to address behaviour that isn’t acceptable. This guide will help you do so effectively while nurturing and deepening your relationship with your child.

As parents, our focus can all too often be on our child’s undesirable behaviour, but if we are able to step back from time to time and use our photographer’s eye, we can focus on what’s useful in the moment.

This series of questions is aimed at helping you consider the view of parenting and your child through multiple lenses.

I love dancing my emotions. My emotional dances are not glamourous, they would not win awards for choreography nor would they provide entertainment on the stage, however, they were for me a life-changing joyful lockdown discovery!

Here’s why…

Praise feels good, but appreciation goes deeper. While praise focuses on what a child does, appreciation reflects who they are. This article explains how recognising your child’s inner qualities—like creativity, focus, and kindness—builds lasting confidence, resilience, and secure self-worth, strengthening your connection and supporting their emotional development.

Read on to find out….

Gifts we give ourselves need to come from the same place as the gifts we give the people we love. We need to know ourselves well enough to understand what we truly need—what will bring us genuine joy, not just momentary relief. When we treat ourselves from love instead of resentment or emotional exhaustion, the reward feels meaningful instead of hollow.

Guilt is noisy, but it’s also information. When you notice it, get curious. Ask questions. Replace broad self-attacks with small, truthful observations and actions. If you believe you’re already the parent your child needs, what would change for you? Start there.

Oh my goodness half of me wants to throw them away and the other half might keep them forever. Here's why...

My son got these years ago and we decided to make them in the holidays. He mixed the plaster of Paris, put them in the mould, tapped the bubbles out, they set, we took them out - that was fun and the powder, liquid, solid bit was educational too. So far so good..

Listening well soothes, strengthens, and empowers our children.

And the best part?
All we have to do is be quiet.

Isn’t that liberating?