Parenting Advice
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Advice that does no harm
With the abundance of advice and ‘how to guides’ on the internet, it’s vital that parents have access to information and advice that is evidence based and most importantly, advice that works!
We all know that doctors take an oath to ‘do no harm’. Similarly, our parenting advice is based on this same mantra. In all the advice we give, we hold the relationship between parent and child as the key to change. We honour the vital and irreplaceable role that parents have to nurture and grow their children. We draw on the latest neuroscience-science research and put this in user-friendly language to enable parents to apply the learning to their children.
About us
We are family therapists who have been working with families, mostly in early childhood, for over 25 years.
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Please write to us and ask if you’d like advice on a topic we haven’t covered on this website. We’d love to hear from you. Be sure to use our search engine above.
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Separation Anxiety
Avoid Separation Anxiety through Attachment Separation anxiety comes in many forms. A parent who must go to hospital; parents who…
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The Aggressive Defiant Child
The Aggressive Defiant Child: A Free tutorial for Parents and Teachers The aggressive defiant child is a classic example of…
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Anxious Clingy Children and Rest
Why do children need rest? If psychological rest is so important, how can I provide it? What is happening in…
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Angry Children
Anger is an emotion Anger is not a behaviour, but an emotion. How it gets expressed might be through behaviour,…
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Strong Willed Child
The Strong Willed Child – Part 1 Winning the battle of wills If your child exhibits many of the following…
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I’m the boss!
Who’s the Boss? Three year old Sam’s parents, Tim and Mary, are confused and frustrated: “Every time we ask him…
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The Highly Sensitive Child
Symptoms of a Highly Sensitive Child Highly sensitive children have a range of symptomatic behaviours. Consider the following: Does your…
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