Parenting

Success at School: IQ vs Personality

Research shows that students who are conscientious and open to new experiences score a full grade higher than the average student.

What to Do When Parents and Grandparents Disagree

Here are some tips to help you get your extended family back on track when parents and grandparents disagree on how to raise your kids.

Isolation Is Getting Harder for Our Children. Here’s How to Help.

As restrictions have started to ease across the rest of the nation, our Victorian children are struggling more and more to follow the rules still in place.

How Do You Talk To Your Teen About Porn?

Just because your child does not mention it, does not mean they have not been exposed. Here’s some tips when starting a conversation.

Raising Children to Love or Fear

When it comes to motivating behaviour, it is undeniable that fear is a strong motivator. But why does it work? And what does it actually do?

Helping Our Children Through Dark, Difficult Days

Talking to your children about challenges you’re facing is a daunting task. It can be so hard to be strong when you probably feel like falling apart. 

How to Stop Telling and Yelling, and How to Connect With Your Teen

In this article Dr Justin Coulson explains how you can speak to your teen in a way that they’ll be more likely to listen to you.

Ten Things I Want My Tween Son to Know

Your body is changing, your voice is sounding different, and your brain is struggling to keep up. I’ve been thinking about some things you should know.

The Art of Parenting: Knowing When to Step In, and When to Step Out

Parents who seem to walk the ‘involvement’ line best, seem to do these following five things consistently with their tweens and teens.

Dads & Their Teenage Daughters

A father’s role is critical in helping his daughter navigate the uncertainties of adolescence. Here are 4 insights for dads.

Family Traditions Help Kids Make Sense of Life

“Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.”

Forget ‘Overscheduling’ versus ‘Boredom’ – Self-Direction is the Key to School Holidays.

The long days of school holidays can be challenging for families. And if they’re lucky enough to have time off, children complain about how ‘bored’ they are.

To the Mum Who Thought She’d Be Better at Mothering

Take a deep breath and quit comparing…even to your own expectations! You don’t have to be flawless to be the mum that your children need.

Are Your Kids ‘Fun’? It Matters.

When things go wrong these children look for the good, rather than dwell on the bad. And they’re much more fun in situations that aren’t always perfect.

17 Tips If You’re an Overtired Mother to Get Your Mojo Back!

What do you do when you get to the point of complete exhaustion? Don’t ignore the signs of overtiredness, here are 17 tips to recover quickly.

What the Final Class of 2020 Needs from You Right Now

Those in their final year of school are stressed and feel as though their wings have been clipped. Here’s what they need from us.

Teaching Teens About Healthy Disagreement

Four practical tips you can use to help young people resist the ‘for us or against us’ dichotomies and instead, engage in respectful, healthy disagreement.

9 Practical Ways to Support Anxious Kids Return to School

These physical and behavioural signs could suggest that your child is anxious about returning to school, and here’s how you can support them.