by Leanne Wakeling | Human Behaviour
My dad taught me to separate the deed from the doer. This is an important differentiation for us, the adult, to make because our child can’t yet.Until the prefrontal cortex arrives around ages 8-10 humans don’t have the intrinsic ability to separate doing a bad...
by Leanne Wakeling | Family, Human Behaviour, Parenting
Do you ever get concerned with all the rules/expectations that seem to come up as we go down this new generation modern gentle/positive/connected/conscious parenting route? I know it’s something I’ve seen come up often, “what do we do when …………” This...
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 | Family, Human Behaviour, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective, Resilience
My husband and I are celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary this year. This is my husband’s first marriage, and my second. This is important because we didn’t start with having all our ducks together. What I have learned about building a successful relationship...
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...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Human Behaviour, Mindset, Parenting, Perspective, Resilience
It’s one of those thoughts that I suspect many of us have, from time to time. Driving shame and /or guilt and compromising our ability to connect.Even if it’s that flash in the pan, and not ongoing resentment, it can be scary to think that we resent our child/ren.I...
