Managing Behaviour

What Is The Difference Between Growth And Development?

When we talk about a child’s progression through various different ages and stages, it can be easy to assume that growth and development are the same concepts that have the…

Managing Expectations and Behaviour at Christmas

Christmas is a time fraught with expectations. If it’s not your children using pester power to convince you that you really MUST spend all your hard earned cash on the…

Coping With Challenging Behaviour as a Working Parent

It is a fact that most parents work, some of us work full time, others part time and some are lucky enough to be able to work flexible hours at…

Talking to Your Child About Your ‘New’ Family

When you are first on your own with your children, the last thing that you will want to think about is meeting someone new. Chances are that you are still…

Home Behaviour Policies

It is up to parents to establish the standards that they expect their children to adhere to. By teaching children to behave in positive appropriate ways, parents can establish households…

When Friends’ Children Misbehave

There is an unspoken rule that you cannot tell off your friends’ children. Rather like criticising someone’s choice of job or partner, the naughtiness of their children is a sensitive…

Positive Parenting at Home

All children require positive influences in their lives, and positive parenting begins at home. Although sometimes you may feel that you have completely run out of patience, or are simply…

Your Child’s Behaviour and its Impact on Others

It’s the one thing that all parents dread…you are shopping in the supermarket or trying to enjoy a family lunch and suddenly one of your little bundles of joy decides…

Interview: Working with Behavioural Issues in Children

Dr Sarah Helps is a child behaviour specialist and has spent the last 13 years working with children and young people who struggle with their behaviour for a variety of…