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“What happened to my cuddly, adorable ten-year-old?” a mum asked me recently in my children’s therapy clinic. “She used to be so loving and always wanting to hug me but now she doesn’t want much to do with me or her dad at all!” I hear this an awful lot! All that’s happening is that…
Read MoreAs parents, we never want our children to be sad, or at least to stay sad for long, do we? The thing is, it is just as necessary for us to validate their pain or sadness, just as it is to acknowledge their success or happiness. Being their rescuer every time they feel sad is…
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If you think back to the terrible tantrums of two-year olds – you’ll realise that the teen years can be very similar! During the two- year old developmental period your two year- old is learning how to push your buttons, push the boundaries and push you over the top! The teenage years are very similar.…
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By now your children will have been at home under lock down rules for many weeks and may even be getting prepared physically and emotionally to go back to school. They have been separated from their friends, their teachers, and have had a totally different routine – now its all going to change again as…
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News travels fast and nothing has traveled faster in the past few weeks than the news about the corona virus (COVID – 19). It’s everywhere: on the front page of newspapers, on the TV on the radio, on the internet and now even in the school playgrounds. I have had this conversation with a couple…
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