by Rebecca | Apr 21, 2018 | Blogs, Child Counselling, Parenting, Rebecca Dallard
What’s Going on With My Kids? Let’s be honest. Parenthood, while very rewarding, can be a minefield of frustration and confusion. You often feel like you don’t know what’s going on with your kids, they fight with their siblings, get angry at you a lot and their...
by Rebecca | Feb 14, 2018 | Blogs, Kara Travouillon, Parenting
It can be exhausting when children are exhibiting “difficult” but common developmental behaviours. Some of these may include tantrums or meltdowns, whining, screaming, refusing to listen, bad language and fighting. It can also be emotionally and physically draining on...
by Rebecca | Oct 12, 2017 | Blogs, Parenting, Rebecca Dallard
Life is tough at times and adolescence brings with it much turbulence – small challenges like arguments with friends or moving schools through too much larger hurdles such as bullying or family breakdowns. The teenage years, the best years of your life, so they...
by Rebecca | Sep 1, 2017 | Blogs, Parenting, Rebecca Dallard
6 Frustrating Things All Kids Do (And then a few extra) Little known fact: The 26th of February is “For Pete’s Sake”, a day commemorating all things, situations and people that make you cry out in exasperation and annoyance. I thought, as it’s official and all, I...
by Kara Travouillon | Jul 26, 2017 | Blogs, Kara Travouillon, Parenting
What Is Resilience? Resilience is the ability to “bounce back” from different stressors, hardships, trauma and other personal challenges in life. If someone is resilient, it does not necessarily mean that they are unaffected by the event in their lives. It means that...
by Kara Travouillon | Jul 26, 2017 | Blogs, Kara Travouillon, Parenting
Sexual behaviour is developmentally normal, begins from birth and progresses into adulthood. In children (aged under 12) it will most often involve harmless curiosity and can also assist a child in exploring their body and understanding cultural and social norms....