Happy Parenting Empowering your family

Could you imagine if you were to ask your child to do something and they instantly listened and complied? Probably hard to believe that this is even possible – well it might not be altogether possible, however if you are able to pick your battles that you want to focus on, then knowing what the key battles are, would certainly help. Of course, how do you choose what you will fight about or which battles you will pick? There are so many important lessons we as parents want to impart. And we find it hard to miss any opportunity to teach. For me, the ...

Help! I’ve turned into my mother! Well it’s school holidays and the more the days go on, the more I find myself saying (yelling – let’s be honest) those age old phrases that our mother’s used to yell at us. It starts out with – I don’t care who started it, both of you just stop fighting!, Which is usually followed by – Go to your room, you are having 5 minutes time out! To which I usually get the reply – NO! and the result is me picking up the party in question, walking them to their room, sitting ...