I will be the first person to put up my hand and admit that I am not always kind to myself. I have days where…
ParentalEQJune 8, 2021
Read well-crafted blog-posts on different aspects of modern parenting. We will share tools and techniques as well as stories of inspiration. We share insights from both parent-science experts and real parents too. You got this and we’ve got your back.
The brain is an odd thing. It will have moments that make you feel like a superstar and the next, you are a grey cloud…
ParentalEQMay 20, 2021
(*This blog post makes reference to sensitive topics like self-harming.)I am going to be real. I am sick to death of the way society treats…
ParentalEQMay 17, 2021
How many times do you think to yourself “I can’t do this” or “this is too much”? If you answered daily, I am right there…
ParentalEQMay 3, 2021
When younger children feel overwhelmed by their emotions, their brain goes into survival mode and they can revert to immature actions to deal with it.…
ParentalEQApril 23, 2021
As adults, we are used to feeling a multitude of emotions. Dread and happiness for the school holidays, happy and sad for milestone (or any)…
ParentalEQApril 19, 2021
Emotions are crazy things. They can jump from happy to sad to anything in between in the blink of an eye. They are also a…
ParentalEQApril 7, 2021
Think back to your school days. What were you taught? How to break down the author’s meaning in their writing, how to paint abstract objects,…
ParentalEQMarch 31, 2021
I’ve spoken about being told to see a professional and the emotions that came with it. I went on to cover how my daughter felt…
ParentalEQMarch 18, 2021
Before I started writing this four-part series, I sat down with my daughter (now aged 9) and asked her permission to write about it. It…
ParentalEQMarch 10, 2021
Last week I spoke about how it felt to be told that I needed to take my child to a therapist. This week I want…
ParentalEQMarch 3, 2021
Seeking professional help for your child is tough on so many levels. I was only 20 and my daughter, 5 when we decided to take…
ParentalEQFebruary 22, 2021
“You can't always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response. Your options are to complain or to look ahead and…
ParentalEQFebruary 16, 2021
Hollywood, books and Pinterest has made it seem like parenting is easy. Parents know exactly what to do and how to do it and their…
ParentalEQFebruary 8, 2021
2020 took schooling (and life) and threw it in a blender full of anxiety, worries, and panic and as back to school slowly approaches here…
ParentalEQJanuary 31, 2021
“As children develop, their brains "mirror" their parent's brain. In other words, the parent's own growth and development, or lack of those, impact the child's brain.…
ParentalEQJanuary 13, 2021
A collective sigh of relief falls across the world as the clock ticks over to the 1st of January 2021. What a wild year it…
ParentalEQJanuary 6, 2021
