Blog Category: Early Years, Babies & Toddlers
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The power of breath in parenting and life
In the opening chapter of my first book, Saving our Children from our Chaotic World: ...
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Keeping our children safe in childcare
Content warning: This blog touches on issues of child sexual abuse and child safety. Last ...
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Why the big people raising little people need to prioritise their needs too
The just-released News Corp Great Australian Parent Survey 2025 has revealed some disturbing truths about ...
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The power of predictability in our homes
Thanks to my littlest grandson, age 3, and his wonderful passion for everything dinosaurs, ...
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Five Common Concerns for Today’s Dads
It is over 20 years since I first began spending time with audiences of men ...
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Raising sensitive lambs in our stressful world
Let’s start at the very beginning – the birth of a child. While we gaze ...
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Some important, awkward conversations that we need to have in our homes
Parents are our children’s first teachers and there are many conversations that they can ...
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Help me stop my son from hitting, slapping and kicking!
Every month in my membership community Q&As, I have questions from frustrated parents about ...
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Boys are not tough, at any age
Before you read this article, I want to make a disclaimer that gender is more ...
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Why face-to-face, human communication still really matters
The ability to communicate is a profoundly important skill for human beings because we are ...
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The importance of parental ‘swagger’
To begin with I need to acknowledge that the term parental swagger comes from my ...
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Tricky transitions – why they happen, what can help
One of the most significant shifts in understanding the human brain, especially the developing child’s ...
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Raising resilient, capable girls
Social and cultural norms can be deceptively powerful in conditioning both our girls and boys ...
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Helping your Young Daughter Find her Sense of Self
Every child is born as a one-off, unique human being. Given genetic gifts or challenges, ...
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Helping our girls’ voices not be silenced in today’s world
Warning: this article contains some descriptions of sexual acts. I am a child of the ...
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Nurturing the inner world of our children and teens
Many years ago, a 16-year-old student shared with me a story that left an indelible ...
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The importance of being heard
I have spent some time recently reflecting and pondering on the last 44 years. Since ...
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The real value in pretend play
“Babies create hypotheses, test them and then relentlessly appraise their findings with the vigour of ...