by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Education, Family, Leadership, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective
I have recently taken to watching the series Parenthood in replays. BTW is a great series about three generations of a family with the Grandparents, their four children, and the children’s children.Like any great program the characters are well written and when...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Education, Family, Leadership, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective
I was speaking with a biz buddy today and she brought up how her 11yo has gone from this sweet kind cuddly kid to this grumpy withdrawn rude kid. Mum’s trying to be patient, after all hormones.It’s so much more than that. Our kids are really complex. Well...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Education, Family, Leadership, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective
What does Goldilocks have to do with Parenting? As we continue to be locked down in many parts of the world, Kirstin Cohen, a registered social worker and child and family therapist based just outside Toronto, encourages parents to remember that these are...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Education, Family, Human Behaviour, Parenting
Siblings fighting is the bane of practically every parent’s life.Depending on our own beliefs around when it’s happening, and the fallout from those conflicts as to how well we navigate.I’ve certainly been involved in some classic sibling battles, both myself and as a...
by Leanne Wakeling | Education, Family, Human Behaviour, Imprint period <7, Parenting, Perspective
The Surprising Secret to Raising a Well-Behaved Kid Let’s explore some of the other considerations about raising well behaved kids in addition to the ones in the article and what impacts their abilities along the way. When I was raising my own children, one of the...