Tag Archive for: parenting tips

Is Your Toddler Struggling to Sleep? Expert Tips

Here are a few helpful ways to understand sleep time with your toddler to make sure the whole family is getting enough rest.

Parenting Hack: Send Your Kids on Secret Missions

So far with secret missions I have convinced my kids to put dishes away, clean up someone else’s mess, be polite, and be quiet…

Starting School Well: the ABCs of Transitioning to School

For some children, starting school is a step closer to becoming a ‘grown up’. This academic says it’s important to help them transition well.

High School Exam Support Tips for Parents

Adolescent psychologist Collett Smart shares tips for parents guiding their teenagers through the tricky exam season.

6 Tips on Young Teens, Sleepovers and Parties

How can we prepare our children for High School parties and sleepovers, where drinking might be involved? Collett Smart shares expert advice.

The Importance of Touch in Raising Teens – Tips for Parents

A shortage of healthy touch can effect our wellbeing, and even be psychologically damaging, writes Collett Smart. She shares tips for parents of teens.

Connecting with Teens – 6 Tips

Somehow it’s socially acceptable for adults to belittle teens – which only divides us. How can we change the stereotype, and connect with our teens better?

9 Ideas for Screen Time Balance

Instead of banning screens, we need to help our tweens find a healthy balance for their gaming and video-streaming time, writes Collett Smart.

Traumatic Events in the News: 10 Tips for Supporting Young People

Expert tips on how to spot the signs of trauma in your children when they’ve been overexposed to bad news – and how to help them.

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.