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Navigating the Challenges of Parenting with Visiting In-Laws or Parents
Visiting in-laws or parents can be a recipe for stress! Learn how to navigate the challenges of intergenerational dynamics, differing parenting styles, and boundary issues. Read on to find peace amidst the family gathering.
Helping Your Child Better Understand How Time Works
Help your child master time! Discover how children experience time differently and develop unique relationships with it. Learn practical strategies to make time tangible, build self-awareness, and foster healthy time management skills. Empower your child today!
Navigating the Emotional Minefield: Addressing Triggers in Adult-Parent Relationships
Are emotional landmines sabotaging your adult relationship with your parents? Learn to identify and diffuse triggers, redefine roles, and cultivate a healthier connection. Expert Counsellor and Parenting Coach Paula Brunning shares practical strategies for navigating complex family dynamics, forgiveness, and personal growth, leading to more fulfilling relationships and emotional well-being
Cultural Differences in Parenting: Embracing Diversity in Your Family
As couple, we each comes with different family cultures. This difference is even more stark if we are a cross-cultural or Expat couple. How do we navigate the difference in our parenting? Can this difference be a strength for our family?
Effective Parenting Strategies for Supporting Your Child During Exam Season
Do you find it stressful during the exam season even though it’s your child / teen who’s taking the exam? Are you wanting to support your child / teen but not sure what to do? Learn tips for creating a conducive study environment at home, strategies for effective communication with your child about their study needs and feelings, and techniques for helping children manage stress and anxiety related to exams with our Director & Registered Psychologist, Ho Shee Wai.
Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age Group
Anxiety in children can be hidden behind smiles, tantrums, or perfect grades. But what lies beneath? 1 in 5 children suffer from anxiety disorders, affecting their relationships, academics, and future. Learn to recognize the signs and discover effective strategies to support your child's mental well-being.
Parenting After Adolescence: Embracing the Adult-Child Dynamic
Has your teen entered into adulthood? Learn how to navigate change in your relationship dynamic with your adult child.
Understanding Theraplay: A Powerful Tool for Child and Family Therapy
Do you know the benefits of using therapy in help your parent-child relationship? Learn the what is theraplay and how it can work to improve your parenting.
Toddler Tantrums – How to Stay Calm as Parents?
The "terrible twos" are characterised by sudden onsets of unexpected tantrums. Learn what toddler tantrums are, why they occur, and what we can do as parents to manage our tantrum-throwing toddlers, as well as ourselves.
Depression in Children: A Guide for Parents
As a parent, there's nothing more heartbreaking than seeing your child struggle. Childhood depression is a serious condition that can affect any child. Understand the signs, symptoms, and treatment options for childhood depression, and how you can support your child through this challenging time.
Teaching Children The 5 Languages of Apology
Help your child or teen to get out of their egocentric stage by learning how the 5 languages of apology. Learn how a psychologist, counsellor, or parenting coach can support your child/teen develop vital skills for conflict resolution and repair.
Parenting Children who have Undergone Separation & Divorce
Are you going through separation or divorce? Do you have concerns about how your children or teens are coping? Learn what are the issues children or teens may be experiencing, what signs to look out for and how you can help as a parent.
Step Parenting across the Ages
Are you a step parent? Do you find it challenging to parent kids/teens not your own? Find out what are the key points in step parenting with children of different ages.
Why Everyone in your Family needs Down Time
Between work, school, extracurricular activities, and social commitments, it's easy to forget the importance of down time, time to do nothing in particular. But the truth is, everyone in your family needs down time.
Handling Your Child’s Sleep Issues
Is your child struggling with sleep or sleep related behaviours? Learn what to do in common sleep related scenario and strategies to have successful sleep.
6 Common Struggles of New Parents and How to Cope with Them
Parenthood can be rewarding, but it is also a lot of hard work. Admitting that you are struggling is nothing to be ashamed of and is a feeling shared by most first-time parents.
Anxiety in Teens by Natasha Larkin
Is your teenager finding it hard to focus at school or enjoy friendships? Do they want to miss school? Do they want to not be part of social settings? Maybe they have lost motivation in aspects of their life such as sports and hobbies? Or maybe the thought of performing in a school play or music concert or a sporting event or passing an exam is just too much for them to process? Counsellor Natasha Larkin discusses anxiety in teens and what to do to support them.
Avoid Burnout in Parenting by Paula Brunning
Are you experiencing burnout as a parent? Learn how to manage your symptoms of burnout with Counsellor & Parenting Coach Paula Brunning.
Parenting according to Your Values
How do you decide what is right or wrong thing to do with your child or teen? Do you struggle with how much rules is too strict? Where to draw the line or boundaries?
Talking to Your Children about Death
Death is a difficult topic even for us as an adult. This is even more challenging for children. As parents, we want to be able to help them cope with a death. Be it that of a loved ones (grandparents, parents, siblings) or that of their pets. However, often we are at a loss as to how to talk our children about death. There is no right or wrong, a lot of it is dependent on the specific context of your family, your values, and the unique personality of your child.