Those first few years in your little one’s life can give you the most precious, adorable moments with your child. The first five years are also a time of massive brain development. However, with these heart-melting moments and huge developmental leap comes an abundance of challenges that without the right support can leave you feeling helpless and alone.
The incredible transformation that parents experience when raising a human – biologically and psychologically – should not be taken lightly. It’s a big deal! And it takes an immense amount of patience, strength and deep breaths to ensure the healthy development of a happy child. In our chaotic world, it’s easy to forget that children aren’t projects to be managed or problems to be solved. That’s one reason I wrote a common-sense, back-to-basics guide to the first eight years of life called 9 Things (Birth-8) to help us remember what really matters. If you can find the time for my 9 Things online course, (when you’re not wrangling a tiny human) we have that content in that format too.
On this page, I hope to provide some guidance for parents, early years educators and other caregivers — so here you’ll find all of my articles, videos and podcast episodes that pertain to the early years of life.
If you’re looking for a deeper dive, you might want to check out my books 9 Things (as I mentioned), Mothering Our Boys, Girlhood, Building Children’s Resilience and Parental as Anything.
I’ve also had the pleasure of working with so many wonderfully insightful experts on early childhood and we’ve created a bunch of masterclasses you are welcome to sign up to. These include Meltdowns to Precious Moments with Dr Vanessa LaPointe, Big Emotions and Tricky Behaviours with Gen Muir, Challenging Behaviour with Dr Mona Delahooke, and my webinars, Giving Young Girls and Boys the Best Start and Dear Little Boys.
If you’re an early years educator, you may be interested in my ebook/audiobook Early Years/Primary Educator bundle?
And if you just need to take a moment when it all gets a bit too much, pour yourself a cuppa and take a look at my Parental Pause video.
