Respectful Parenting
How to be the best parent you can be by connecting with your child and holding your boundaries respectfully.
On the Blog...
Time-outs are harmful
Timeouts Are Harmful ⬇️Tantrums and misbehaviour are a normal part of child development. Young children haven’t yet learned how to manage their emotions, so when they lose it they need...
Calm Down Corners - not for every child
Do this instead ⬇️Struggling with your child’s calm-down corner? It might be because it’s not meeting their sensory needs. Every child is unique, and their sensory preferences play a big...
Dropping an old-school parenting belief
Outdated ⬇️It's worth stopping to think about whether you're operating on some vintage parenting beliefs that our grandparents used to use. Many are ingrained into us without us realising or...
What to say instead of 'Good Job!'
Try this 👇Praise is SO GREAT and we should always be looking to notice the good things our kids do more than we notice and comment on their not so...
Supporting Siblings to play together
Yes - they fight.But instead of expecting any different from two infants with underdeveloped and impulsive brains, I’m actively supporting them to learn to play together by joining in.Here’s some...
There's no such thing as 'naughty'
🕵♀Be a detective🕵️♀️When your child hits out at you, focus on what they’re trying to communicate, not the behaviour.When your child says something mean, focus on what they’re trying to...
Teach your child to calm down with Frozen
Practice practice practice. We need to do more of this for ourselves - let's face it. If you're feeling triggered and shouty because of your child (don't we all) then...
Supporting Siblings to Play Together
Yes - they fight. But instead of expecting any different from two infants with underdeveloped and impulsive brains, I’m actively supporting them to learn to play together by joining in....
Building our Childrens' Body Confidence
Your child's body is perfect and so is yours.Can you imagine your child hating their body like you do yours?! It doesn't bare thinking about. I'm not expecting that one...
Tackling Toys at the Toy Shop
Yes, this helps young children too.Might they still cry? Yes of course. Their brains are undeveloped and they can't understand the complexities of why they can't have everything they desire....
Help! My Baby keeps pulling my hair!
Because saying 'ow' makes it worse!There's ALWAYS a respectful way to manage your child's behaviour and help them to do something different. A baby or toddler, with an underdeveloped brain,...
Teaching Children to be Safe Around Animals
Sometimes hurting animals can become a pattern for kids. Not because they want to inflict harm, but because it has such a fun reaction! The cat jumps and hisses, the...
How to Refer to Genitals when Talking to Children – an SLT View
Talking about and referring to genitals. We absolutely use the proper terms for genitals when we talk about them in our house. That’s ‘Penis’ and ‘Vulva’. If you don’t know...
3 Ways to Support Your Toddler to Play with their Younger Sibling
We so desperately want to see our kids play together, but it’s so important we don’t push it. Our toddlers are going through a HUGE transition. They’re no longer the...
5 Things to Try if you can't Understand your Child
Because you can't always understand their attempts at words, and when that happens you both become frustrated.As adults, when we're not understood we have a plethora of things we can...
How I Respond when August Snatches Toys from Etta
I never record my kids when they’re struggling because that’s when they’re vulnerable and need me most, but I caught this by accident and thought it might be a good...
How I Stop my Baby Touching Things
A quick example of me calmly setting the boundary around plants that I don’t want Etta to touch. I’m being very calm and my voice doesn’t sound excited or perturbed....
Behaviour: Screaming
It can be so triggering when our little ones scream. It’s noisy, it can be embarrassing, and we would prefer it if they would be quiet, and FAST. But we...
Toddler Tantrums
Calmly help them to stop the aggressive behaviour and offer connection / meet their need. I know it's hard to remember in the moment but when your child is acting...
Why do they do that?
I think everyone’s kid goes through this stage! Kids love to find something they can be in control over - and often by exploring their own mouth they work out...
