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How To Inspire Your Kids To Do Chores

13th August 2017

Getting your kids to help out around the house is one of the most annoying parts of parenthood. However, if you get your little ones into good routines from a young age, you’ll save yourself heaps of trouble when it comes to keeping your home in tip top shape. Here are a couple of ways you can…

The power of praise in positive parenting

16th July 2017

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting

Parenting is a round the clock, decades long activity that’s wonderfully rewarding and deeply challenging – sometimes within minutes of each other. With tantrums, fighting sleep routines and the ever revolving love-hate relationship with food on the plate at mealtimes, parental stress can be through the roof. Add to that the ongoing societal pressure to…

Why lying to our kids is OK … sometimes

4th July 2017

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting

I’ll confess to lying. I’ve turned the clock forward and served dinner 90 minutes early and then put all 4 children to bed, earnestly declaring that it was bedtime. Crisis averted – my ears got a rest and they got to finish out the day without seeing their mum rocking in the fetal position in…

Childhood jealousy; Gently squashing the green-eyed monster

1st July 2017

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Social

I had a friend once, whose eldest child chopped off their new baby sister’s pinky finger with a pair of child-safety scissors. Once you get over the amazement that ‘safety’ doesn’t include newborn fingers, you can start to appreciate what must have been happening for the older child now sharing parental attention with something cute…

Trolls, moles and internet black holes

19th June 2017

Claire Orange

Cyber-safety, Parenting, Wellbeing - Online, Wellbeing - Society

Nope, black holes is not how I wanted to end that title, however, for the purposes of not offending I didn’t use another – far more apt – describing word for the merciless, cowardly predators trawling the net for victims. Firstly, let’s put to bed the moans and groans about our children having robust online…

Talking to children about terrorist attacks

23rd May 2017

Claire Orange

Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Society

Talking to children about terrorism – a subject that most adults shake their head at in sorrow, disbelief and anger – is a difficult conversation to navigate well. However, it is a conversation that needs to be had – with consideration of age and experience. Even children who are sheltered from the news by their…

Be warned – the dangers of ‘SHARENTING’

15th May 2017

Claire Orange

Cyber-safety, Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Online, Wellbeing - Society

What is ‘sharenting’? ‘Sharenting’ – the term used to describe parents who habitually share information about, and images of their children on social media. In an age where information sharing – immediately – is king, there are so many more snags and hidden hazards for parents to consider when thinking about how best to protect…

An Open Letter to my boys about 13 Reasons Why

2nd May 2017

Claire Orange

Cyber-safety, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Online, Wellbeing - Society, Wellbeing - Uplifting

My young men. My crew of human beings that fill my days with emotions so deep I have no words to describe my love for each of you. Individually and collectively – you are my reason for rising and always my reason for being comatose by 11 pm. From the moment of knowing that you…

The value of letting children make, and learn from, MISTAKES

5th April 2017

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Learning

Failure – it’s a difficult word for most parents to slide in to any positive thinking about parenting children. In fact – it’s an ugly and negative word that we should be reframing into – Growing through mistakes Taking appropriate risks Learning from less than perfect outcomes These are far more palatable ways of describing…

When Mother’s Guilt Raises Its Ugly Head

9th February 2017

Claire Orange

Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Society, Wellbeing - Uplifting

GUILT – WHY DO WOMEN DO IT SO WELL? Guilt is an emotion that most mothers rock. Have I fed the kids enough vegies, enough protein, did they get enough exercise, have I damaged them with the number of times I’ve said, ‘No!” in the last day, hour, minute…? These are normal questions to ride…