Children Are Manipulative… How to protect your relationship while Parenting 2
Our co-parenting relationships are SO important for our children’s growth.
Here are some ways to keep those relationships close while parenting!
{11min read}
That time a kid almost got kicked in the face
SMASH!!!CRASH!!!BAAAANG!!!SLAM!
From the outside that’s all that was heard.
The client was now inside after slamming the door shut, with just 1 worker when policy requires 2 or more with this client! A powerful 120-odd-kilogram 20-something-year-old that headbutts and knees brick walls for fun, and can pull a back flip a few feet from the trampoline, is now inside with the new worker!!!
{7½min read}
Children Are Emotional… How to Ensure Your Child Hears You
Each of us has preferences in the ways we show and feel love, and these “languages” effect how we interact in ALL of our relationships.
Find out how to use them in your parenting, RIGHT NOW!
{10¾min read}
RELATIONSHIP – The Five Love Languages
“The 5 Love Languages” was published by Gary Chapman in the early 90s and the idea is fairly simple.
Each of us has preferences for the ways we show and feel love, and these languages effect how we interact in ALL of our relationships.
Learn how to connect with people on a deeper level, right now!
{3¾min read}
Children are manipulative… How to Protect Your Relationship While Parenting
Our co-parenting relationships are SO important for our children’s growth.
Here are some ways to keep those relationships close while parenting!
{13½min read}
DE-ESCALATION – The skill of Dropping The Rope
“Dropping the rope” is a deescalation technique. It’s useful when our children are so emotional they can’t think any longer, rather than arguing in circles for what feels like hours!
{1min read}
Protected: Children Are Animals… How To Discipline Disruptive Children
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That time a kid did the dishes!
…He FLEW out of the car, kicking and swinging at anything and everything on the way out.
Suddenly, they saw the bins. There was that split second pause as you could almost hear the thoughts… They rushed the bins, punching and kicking them over, throwing trash everywhere…
{10min read}
Children are puzzling … Professional tools for struggling parents
Parenting is tricky. Youth work taught me a lot of tips and tricks.
Some of them are laid out right here in this article!
{15min read}
Children are hard work… Professional Self Care for the struggling parent
Raising children is difficult enough. Add in relationships, work, and the other responsibilities and it’s a recipe for disaster.
Here’s some self care tips from a carer youth worker!
{11¾min read}
Children are Complicated… This is How to Simplify Your Parenting
Parenting is time consuming, and these days we seem to have less and less of that!
After a carer in youth work, and recently step parenting, here are some quick tips to reclaim some time while raising children.
{8½min read}
Youth Worker Turned Step Parent Battles Modern 14-year-old Life.
Working with children all day is draining. There’s so much emotion and distraction, keeping them on task can be a chore.
Here’s how a carer youth worker responded to family drama and a new step daughter!
{9min read}