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5 Tips For Raising Kind Children

As parents one of the qualities that we want most for our children is for them to be kind. As our babies grow into toddlers, many of us are looking for ways to minimise the hitting, and maximise the sharing. And as they grow older we hope they’ll grow into kind, caring adults that make … Continue reading 5 Tips For Raising Kind Children

When Will My Son Grow Out Of Tantrums?

Dear Kate, My son is six years old and he still has huge tantrums, often over really minor things like losing at a board game, or when we’ve run out of his favourite breakfast cereal. I’ve been reading your blog for a while, and I know that crying is a healing process for children, and … Continue reading When Will My Son Grow Out Of Tantrums?

Why I let my daughter cheat at cards

I let my daughter cheat at cards. Now at first glance I expect you’re wondering why on earth I would do that. Do I want her to grow up unable to deal with the competitive world we are living in? Am I raising a spoilt brat who is unable to get along with others? How … Continue reading Why I let my daughter cheat at cards

Sign Up For The Positive Parenting Conference!

I was so excited and honoured to be invited to take part in A Fine Parent’s  online Positive Parenting Conference.  Myself and 15 other parenting experts will be giving talks to help you learn the tools you need to be a more gentle and connected parent. As parents, especially when our children are young it’s often … Continue reading Sign Up For The Positive Parenting Conference!

How Listening Helps You Discover Your True Feelings (and heal from them)

Listening time, one of the Hand in Hand Parenting tools is where two parents get together to take turns talking and listening about how parenting and their lives in general are going. It takes parenting to a whole new level, because, guess what? Our feelings are often what gets in the way of us being … Continue reading How Listening Helps You Discover Your True Feelings (and heal from them)

Giggle Parenting: For Food Fears

Giggle Parenting is all about reversing the roles, and giving your child the power, so they get to build their confidence, feel good, and better connected. When your child is afraid of trying new foods, or refuses food they used to like a simple role reversal can help. Take the food they are afraid of and … Continue reading Giggle Parenting: For Food Fears

Giggle Parenting: For Getting Your Children To Pick Their Stuff Of The Floor!

Do you ever feel frustrated when you ask your child to pick something off the floor and they just flat out refuse? When children feel disconnected or are dealing with upset feelings, they often can’t think clearly to process our requests, let alone actually do as we tell them! Asking indirectly through connection is often … Continue reading Giggle Parenting: For Getting Your Children To Pick Their Stuff Of The Floor![image error]

Giggle Parenting For When Your Child Is Bored

You may have heard it many times that it’s good for children to be bored, that we should all let our children be bored during the summer holidays etc. so they can learn and maintain the skills of independence and creativity. It’s true that we don’t do our children any favours when we over-schedule or … Continue reading Giggle Parenting For When Your Child Is Bored

How To Listen To Babies

When parents first discover Hand in Hand Parenting, and the principle of staylistening,  they often feel that they cannot apply it to young babies. It can seem too complicated or even dangerous, to try and figure out the times when a baby just needs to have his or her feelings listened to. This is understandable;  babies … Continue reading How To Listen To Babies

A Giggle Parenting Cure For Grumpy Mornings

This morning my daughter woke up thinking it was Saturday and was most disappointed to find out it wasn’t! Uhoh I thought, finding myself going into an inner dialogue of whether school was really the right choice, and wishing it was still the holidays. Then a thought sprung into my mind. My daughter was wrapped … Continue reading A Giggle Parenting Cure For Grumpy Mornings