Today’s guest post is another excellent and thoughtful article from Ellen Jackson. Ellen is a coaching psychologist at Potential Psychology Services and she writes tbe Potential Psychology Blog. You can read previous posts of Ellen’s …
Does it really get harder? – 2016 edition
This is the 2016 edition of a post I write annually. I started it back in 2009 when our youngest son was still a baby. With five kids under 10 life was …
You’re Doing A Great Job Mum: What really contributes to your child’s success and happiness?
Today’s guest post is from one of my favourite new Australian bloggers. Ellen Jackson is a coaching psychologist at Potential Psychology Services and she writes tbe Potential Psychology Blog. Her posts challenge, inspire …
Role modelling the behaviour you want in your kids
In last week’s newsletter I wrote about the importance of role modelling the behaviour we want to see in our kids. So far my testing has showed me that this approach certainly …
Key tips by age to make family life happier
I have a huge list of question in a spreadsheet that I continually add to as I receive questions from readers. I try to answer as many as I can, even if …
Nurture rather than nag
Nurture rather than nag is an excellent piece of advice I picked up very recently from a lovely neighbour who had a child complete Year 12 (very successfully) last year. She picked …
Did it really matter?
I recently received this question from a long time reader, Judy: What seemed important when your children were toddlers and preschoolers that you now realise didn’t matter? And what are the things …
Monthly review – allowing space for growth
Having a single goal focused on parenting, has meant I have learnt much about myself as a parent this year. In the middle of this year, I wrote a newsletter titled Under …
5 parenting books I recommend + a new one!
here This was originally sent out in my weekly newsletter, but is being republished here to make it easier for readers to relocate it. *********** When the eldest started moving into the …
E-book review: Parenting in a Digital World: Stop fighting, start connecting
Parenting in a Digital World: Stop fighting, start connecting: The E-book is written by Martine Oglethorpe who blogs at The Modern Parent. Martine has a background in secondary education and is a qualified …
Book Review – Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind
Before I review the book, I firstly want to send a big shout out to Seana Smith who recommended the book to me. Seana is a Sydney based blogger and author who …
20 minute blocks of time with the kids
Time blocking is a great technique to use to achieve what you want through out the day. If you look at my weekly schedule, it is effectively time blocking. Time blocking is …
Family life – the roller coaster years
I look forward to writing this post each year and just knowing I write it makes me think and notice things about this current stage of family life, that I am not sure …
Tips for saying no without guilt
This is my response to this reader question from last year’s annual survey. How do you say no to things without having guilt – requests for play dates, extra curricular activities etc? …
Balancing the needs of the kids
As with a number of posts recently, this topic today is inspired by feedback from the blog annual survey. In the section of the survey where I asked readers if they had …
Kids fighting and what to do about it
As with my last post, the topic today is inspired by feedback from the blog annual survey. With the exception of single child families, I don’t know any families who don’t experience …
Monthly review November – 3 family life hacks for greater harmony
Each month I review my progress (or lack of!) towards my personal goals for 2014. You can see my full goal list in this post here – Goal Setting For 2014 And Creating …
Strategies I use to stop myself from yelling at the kids
Do you subscribe to the Planning With Kids weekly newsletter? If not you can sign up here. The weekly newsletter is different to what I post on the blog. Each week I …