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A Question of Trust
By Leigh Johnson – Affiliate Parenting Coach at The Family Counselling Centre At a recent presentation I gave at The Friday Network to practitioners in the Learning and Development field, I was reminded of how fundamental self awareness and growth is in order for us to impact others. No matter what roles we perform in life, there is an essential need to start growth and change with ourselves first. We often look to the systems we are a part of – families, organisations, communities, nations – and bemoan the problems we see there, when the place we really need to …
Supporting Your Children Through Exams
When did you last write an exam or test? Many parents will tell you that their last time was as recently as the last exam written by their child or teenager! Truly the stress, planning and focus that are required to assist your children to get through their exams is often equivalent to that which you would experience were you to sit the exam yourself – and sometimes even higher. Crucial to assisting families to weather the exam storm and come out smiling at the other end, are some practices that parents can put into place at exam time, and …
Preparing for the High Seas of Life
A major part of being a parent is to teach our children to navigate through life and to learn basic essential values such as honesty, empathy, integrity, purity and many more. In order to do so we take opportunities to teach lessons, instil rules, talk about consequences and more often then we want to, we find ourselves having to execute those consequences. I applaud every parent who spends the time and energy getting their kids “sea-worthy”, because it is really hard work. I have some more thoughts though. What happens if they blatantly lie? What happens when they succumb to teenage peer …
Childhood Sexual Abuse
Click her for some intersting reading on how to respond to Childhood Sexual Abuse