How to help your child manage their worries and anxieties

It’s perfectly normal for your child to be worried or anxious from time to time but how do you ensure that these feelings don’t get in the way of your child trying new things.

Anxiety, Calmer ParentingMary Fisk31 January 2022Anxious Child, Manage Anxiety, Strategies for Anxiety, Resilience, Anxiety Disorders, anxiety Comments

Kids that tell fibs are top of the class

We are all liars, but how do you deal with your child’s lies?

Values, Calmer ParentingMary Fisk25 January 2022Lying, Dishonesty, Partial truths, Telling Lies, Makeup stories Comment

Mummy, Daddy, is Father Christmas Real?

Every parent in the land just now is dreading the question of “Does Santa really exist?”

Holiday CelebrationsMary Fisk17 December 2021Who is Santa?, Is Santa Real?, Santa Claus, Santa exist, Father Christmas Comments

Does your child use swear words?

If you’re the parent of a child who’s just uttered an expletive that you find shocking, and in particular if its front of others, especially if it’s in front of disapproving relatives……..

ValuesMary Fisk4 November 2021Children Swearing, Children uses bad words, Inappropriate Language, Cursing Children, Offensive LanguageComment

Helping the highly sensitive child thrive

My own son presented very differently and was deemed by many, including ourselves, to be just out of sync with typical children. His behaviour was really button pushing for us and also bewildering. He had sensory integration dysfunction, but it took us a long time to work this out.

TemperamentMary Fisk4 November 2021Highly sensitive, Emotionally fragile, Parenting Sensitive Child, Highly sensitive person, sensitive child strategiesComment

It's ok for your child to be angry

Seeing your child consumed with fury is a horrible feeling for parents. So, is it OK for a child to be angry?

Anger ManagementMary Fisk19 October 2021Controlling Anger, Angry Emotions, Anger Management, Children getting angry, Aggressive ChildComment

Letting Go of Perfectionism

When Perfectionism is coupled with stress or is extreme, it is correlated with depression, anxiety, eating disorders and other mental health problems.

TemperamentMary Fisk14 October 2021Perfectionism and anxiety, perfectionism disorder, perfectionism and depression, people pleaser, cause of people pleasing Comment

The Secret to Helping your Children be Resilient

Helping children deal with life’s knocks is a vital part of our role as parents. We do them no favours when we cotton wool them and protect them from life’s emotional roller coaster