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 | Family, Leadership, Parenting, Perspective
Parenting is one of the toughest and most responsible jobs in the world. The problem is, it comes with limited to no training. Certainly many of us think we “should” know what to do, after all we have been raised and are adults. The Challenge Believing we...
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...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Parenting, Perspective
I am in desperate need of help. I’m literally in tears right now. My three and a half year refuses to take medicine. I have tried everything from hiding it in something, explaining the importance, Saying I will mix it with anything, even soda. I just feel like I’ve...
by Leanne Wakeling | Communication and Relationship, Parenting, Perspective
Standards v Rules, isn’t it semantic I hear you say. Well yes, maybe, however the opportunity is that rules are easy to break. They are easy to argue about. They are easy to be ignored. Whereas Standards, are aspirational. What I mean by that is, instead of...