by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family
Is it possible though that you may be missing the messages of love, because they aren’t delivered the way that you prefer to see or receive them? When we have a young family, it can seem like a whole lot of work and frustrations. We can lose connection with our...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Human Behaviour, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
Go you for coming on the journey. There are heaps of resources, though the fact you have set an intention of becoming a positive parent and avoiding the fear based old world parenting model is an awesome beginning. The most important thing to remember is that your...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Human Behaviour, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
When I hear a descriptor of backtalk, it sets my spidy senses off. What I mean by that is the parent is definitely experiencing their expectations being unmet. The problem is, that in feeling the righteous indignation of a child speaking back, that a parent misses...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Parenting
At the fundamental level, the model is not that important. What is important is what type of relationship are we building with our child? So many parents get so focused on the DOING of parenting, that we can loose focus on the BEING. What I mean by that is,...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Family, Parenting
As parents, we have an opportunity, even with the tinniest of our children to begin a practice that will support them build communication skills for ongoing success Inspired by Daniel Goleman’s new newsletter, that you can find here....
by Leanne Wakeling | Family, Human Behaviour, Imprint period <7, Parenting, Perspective
Is your child telling lies OR are they light on the truth? These are two different things. One of the most important takeaways to consider is that a four year old is not capable of lies, at least not in the context of deliberate intention to hide information in the...