As parents and grandparents, we work diligently to keep our children safe and out of danger. What if exposing them to a bit of danger was, in fact, the best way to ensure their safety? Don’t worry. I’m not suggesting we get our five-year-olds to skydive. However, allowing kids a bit of risk-taking can
Not getting enough respect from others? Ask yourself two questions. Have you earned it? Have you taught it? A lot of people bemoan the lack of respect there is in this world. For parents, teachers, law enforcement, their gender, position, race, culture – the list goes on. The word is bandied around
Parenting with moderation seems to be one of the biggest problems for mums and dads these days. We are constantly fed a diet of fear. Fear our kids will succumb to the latest germ. Fear our kids will be kidnapped or abused. Also fear about how they eat, how they sleep, how
There are so many articles on self-love at the moment and it strikes me this is not a new skill to be learned, but more like a forgotten art. Consider babies and children – their absolute fascination with their bodies, even the things their bodies produce, shows a lack of the disgust
It rolls off your tongue like honey off a spoon when your kids are little. “No, you cannot use the sharpest knife, or any knife in the kitchen to cut those vegetables,” we tell our three-year-old. “No, you cannot climb to the top shelf of that high bookshelf to see what the view
