Blog Category: Newsletter Articles
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Understanding teen boys’ anger
Let’s be honest. We all get angry at times and that is because it is ...
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Helping boys understand loss and death
Even as adults we find significant loss experiences of any kind hurt. So we can ...
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Schools key to our kids’ recovery: Why the 3 Cs count before grades
I am writing this blog not in my usual role as a parenting author and ...
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Gentle Steps to Recovery
There are so many things that can make it harder to recover from a collective ...
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Why parenting is really all about neuroplasticity
When our precious babies are born, their brains are full of neurons with no connectors. ...
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Giving your kids the gift of emotional intelligence
Emotions can be so unpredictable and tricky for adults to understand at times, so what ...
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Our adolescents are passive and inactive and we can’t just blame screens
We grown-ups know that eating well, sleeping well and exercising well are the three key ...
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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world
Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...
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Let’s get creative – it is good for your health and wellbeing!
One of the greatest blessings of having a childhood filled with hours of unstructured play ...
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Taming the parental busy bug
“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...
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Please help me with my lazy, unmotivated 18yo son who is stuck on the couch and going nowhere
It has only been in the past few years that I have started to hear ...
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A letter to a 21st Century teen: 10 things I want you to know
Dear Teen, There are so many doomsayers and negative voices speaking despairingly about what’s wrong ...
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Please teach your sons about ‘the line in the sand’
Raising our sons to be the best expression of themselves — whether they are outgoing, ...
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The world needs more kindness warriors
In this age of selfies, Insta updates, over sharing and an incredible fascination with image, ...
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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century
Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...
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How to raise our boys with character
… or rather How to raise our boys with character, who will care about themselves, ...
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Why we must prioritise play for today’s children and why we need to do it NOW
I have been writing and speaking about the importance of play in childhood for a ...
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Why emotional turmoil in adolescence is normal
I care deeply about young people and have done since I too was a moody, ...