Slow down and gain more time. It makes for better parenting and personal growth

December 15, 2022 by Gail Smith in Activity, Appreciation, Children, Emotions, Parenting, Relax

Life is always busy, especially during the Christmas and holiday season. This blog shares a reminder to parents to slow down and spend time with your child.

What to think about at this stage of the school year

December 08, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Education, Emotions, Family, Memories, Parenting

This school year is coming to an end. Here are some parenting suggestions to prepare and positively embrace change with your child.

Keeping the stress level down is a great asset as a parent

December 08, 2022 by Gail Smith in Anxiety, Behaviour, Emotions, Family, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Relax, Worry

Stress is a natural part of life, especially when you're a parent. Here are a few ways to reduce your stress level for yourself and your child.

9 Tips about how to help your child love learning

November 24, 2022 by Gail Smith in Achievement, Activity, Behaviour, Children, Counselling Tips, Education, Emotions, Experiences, Family, Father, Learning, Mother, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Raising Boys, Raising girls

Learning is a crucial part of life and the development of a child. Here are nine simple parenting tips which may encourage learning for your child.

Choose your battles. That’s the best win.

November 10, 2022 by Gail Smith in Behaviour, Children, Communication, Confrontation, Councelling Techniques, Counselling Tips, Education, Emotions, Family, Father, Learning, Mother, Parenting, Problem Solving, Raising Boys, Raising girls

When raising a child, it is important you pick your battles wisely. Read some parenting tips you may find helpful in these situations.

Tiredness can be a killer at times

November 10, 2022 by Gail Smith in childcare, Children, Communication, Councelling Techniques, Counselling Tips, Decision Making, Emotions, Education, Father, Learning, Parenting, teacher, Mother

This blog provides helpful parenting tips when tiredness is affecting parent and child communication, read more.

How to motivate your child to learn

November 02, 2022 by Gail Smith in Achievement, Behaviour, Children, Education, Family, Father, Learning, Mother, Parenting, Personality, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving, Reading, school, teacher, Writing

Motivating your child to learn can be quite challenging, here’s a few parenting tips on how to keep your child motivated to learn inside and outside of the classroom.

A few tips to get you started in term four

October 27, 2022 by Gail Smith in Achievement, Behaviour, Communication, education, Family, Father, Learning

The school year is quickly coming to a close. Here are a few parental tips that can assist your child with their final term of the year. Read here for more information.

Help your child to accept and enjoy their differences

October 27, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Emotions, Family, Friendship, Independence, Learning, Mother, Parenting, Father

Children's uniqueness is a crucial part of who they are as individuals. Read some parenting tips to consider on how to embrace and positively encourage diversity.

Keep smiling it works!

October 20, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Parenting, Positive Behaviour

Children's smiles are their greatest gift. Here are some parenting tips that can assist and remind you of the power of positivity and smiling through life.

Finding a happy balance for your child

October 19, 2022 by Gail Smith in Family, Happiness, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, tasks

Creating a happy balance between everyday tasks is an important topic for children’s learning. Read some parenting tips on how to balance daily activities.

11 ways to help your child feel comfortable and adjusted to school life

October 10, 2022 by Gail Smith

Here are11 things to help to ease your child’s stress when it comes to facing school.

How to help your child with reading

October 01, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Communication, education, Finding Help, Learning, Parenting, Reading, teacher

Read on for 9 ways to help your child learn to read.

Dealing with stress in children

September 12, 2022 by Gail Smith in Anxiety, Children, Parenting, Stress

Here are some suggestions on keeping your children’s stress levels at bay or at least contained in a manageable package. However, we recognise that stress factors operate around us all the time. Developing tactics to deal with them is the key.

How to understand how friendship works with your child

September 12, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Friendship, Learning

A child often learns the hard way what really defines a friend and it is our job as parents to gently ease them through this process. It is not our role to choose friends for them or to simply approve of the ones we like. Remember it is their exploratory journey to find out what best kind of friendship works for them. Read here for some different ways to help them navigate friendships.

Respecting different values

September 08, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Communication, Parenting, Values

We all cling to our values and beliefs. This is what makes us so definable. We are without realising it passing on many values to our children all the time. Here are some tips to help your child hold on to your and their values, and respect the values of others.

The art of bringing happiness to your child

September 01, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Family, Experiences, Emotions, Happiness, Laughter, Memories, Parenting

A happy child is one that feels secure and has strong supports around them that intelligently allow the child to grow in an environment that is open, engaging and inclusive. As parents we try our best and the human side of us sometimes fails to hit the right mark. Here’s some tips to help bring happiness to your child - sometimes, in these stressful days, it’s important to help build a child’s level of happiness.

A little bit of gratefulness goes along way

August 31, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Mother, Parenting, Father

Everyone wants to feel appreciated. Showing gratitude also feels great. It is a power tool for building strong and trusting relationships. What a powerhouse of a gift to give to your child.

Finding ways to help a child’s anxiety

August 27, 2022 by Gail Smith in Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Anxiety

Children can feel anxiety, just as adults do. Anxiety is the feeling where we worry, we feel anxious and we can have a sense of dread. Here are some tips to help your child work through anxiety.

Let’s talk about some advantages of boredom

August 20, 2022 by Gail Smith in Children, Parenting, Relax

If we use boredom as a wind-down time, a time for just letting thoughts fly around, we will be surprised at the creative thinking that goes on in our head. We can reflect on matters that perhaps we have not thought of for a while. It's our role as parents to help our children see the benefits of boredom.