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}
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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}