Unfortunately, many family relationships can and do break down. There can be many reasons for this, but perhaps the most serious is threatening or violent behaviour from a partner or spouse. Domestic violence is an incredibly serious issue that affects millions of people across the UK.
One of the options available to sufferers of abuse is an injunction. They can use an injunction to protect…
Room tidying is a very contentious subject, but there is a lot more to encouraging a tidy bedroom than just maintaining a positive environment for your child. Believe it or not, the very act of regular tidying can actually help them in other areas of their life too, including school! It’s all part of building certain processes and routines that are important to their overall development.
Some children, especially those with poor coordination, struggle to catch a tennis ball with any success – they may stand, hands outstretched, ready and waiting, but seem surprised when the ball actually gets to them, jumping away as if in fear of it hitting them, and no matter how much practice they have this will keep happening. Their throwing skills are likely to be just as poor…
Christmas is a notoriously expensive time of the year when finances are high on many people’s worry list, and with the added cost of living crisis now thrown into the equation, the winter season is set to be a costly one.
For many couples looking to divorce, not only does Christmas stir up negative emotions, as it’s a time that families tend to come together, but it also magnifies…
Renowned researcher, Dr Stephen Porges, developed Polyvagal Theory which is also referred to as the “science of feeling safe”. This key scientific finding focuses on the body and nervous system and how your child’s sense of safety, or perceived threats, can impact on their behaviour.
The understanding of this theory gives us a scientific framework that can be applied through…
Starting a construction or renovation project can be a time-consuming and challenging experience for some, particularly if you intend to save some money or need to have the work done quickly. Having said that, it’s essential to have experts lead you through the process to renovate because doing so alone could be disastrous. Here are several experts you should speak with before expanding or…
With Halloween decorations put away and Christmas planning in full throw, parents and grandparents are looking for the perfect gift for their children, that offers value and meaning.
The research, conducted by Be Held®, publisher of personalised books for kids with purposeful stories, revealed that a third of UK parents and grandparents (33%) are more likely to buy from a retailer that is doing…
How we we perceive, assimilate, analyse and adjust to new information through sound is a natural process which relies on the listener being able to discriminate between sounds, patterns of sound in language and integration of rhythm – but for some children, the process is more difficult, not because they have hearing issues but their brains struggle to decipher and make sense of sounds for…
Whenever we learn a new task it seems to take ages, but with every repetition, the time it takes to complete it decreases until it becomes automatic – we no longer think about it…it has now become a habit!
I often start my habit change work talking to clients about about their identity and how they perceive themselves. People often use words like: kind, ambitious, hardworking…
It probably hasn’t been since your children were infants that you felt so overwhelmed with the challenges ahead. Facing the teenage years as a parent is much like those early days of infancy when you were afraid to do anything for fear that you’d do it wrong. This is the case when going through those scary teenage years with your children, so let’s untangle that a bit to help you survive…