How to Stop Shopping Tantrums

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Parenting, Relationships|

How to Stop Shopping Tantrums A recent UK survey found that one in six parents cave to their child's demands when out shopping.  How then do we stop shopping tantrums our children display? The survey showed that of those that give in, four out of five give snacks that go against what they would normally consider healthy. Three quarters brought a beauty or toiletry product, and seven out of 10 purchased [...]

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Relationship Intelligence

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

Is Relationship Intelligence Important? Do we need a person who has a similar degree of intelligence as we have? Should we seek a partner who can speak and discuss a range of topics, not just sport or politics, fashion or kids, we both need to interested and be able to discuss a range of different things. So is Relationship Intelligence Important? Yes,  but intelligence is not book smart; intelligence in a relationship is [...]

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Children’s Use of Social Media

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Parenting, Relationships|

Children's Use of Social Media Posts and online activities of the young often reflect attitudes and errors of judgment that are immature. Yet, these leave a public record that may prove difficult to escape. So what do we do about children's use of social media? Similarly, children often don't understand how their actions and information may be recorded and shared online, and so willingly tick boxes giving permission to do so. [...]

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Why Teen Friendships Don’t Last

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Parenting, Relationships|

Why Teen Friendships Don't Last ? A new study has indicated that the chance of your child's teen friendships lasting through high school is pretty slim. It shows why teen friendships don't last. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University decided to investigate why teen relationships tend to be short-lived. The strongest predictors of friendship dissolution were differences in sex, differences in the degree to which children were liked by other children, differences [...]

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Gaol Riots Inevitable

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

Gaol Riots Inevitable With next weeks ban on cigarettes in all NSW gaols being on the banned list, are gaol riots inevitable and what can we expect to happen? Guards, correction services staff and inmates are all concerned as to what this new rule will lead to. What confuses me is the reason they are banning cigarettes from the entire facility. Of course we must protect staff and not have [...]

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Spending time in Nature can help our Brain

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

New research has emerged stating that spending some time in Nature can help our Brain. A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in ways that improve our mental health. In a recent study conducted at Stanford University, it showed people who walked in a park and through nature had a much quieter mind and their responses to negative [...]

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The Rise of Domestic Violence – We Must Do Something Different.

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

I recently wrote a paper on Domestic Violence, a subject very close to my heart and one I deal with in my Therapy rooms all too often. The trauma the women and children experience from these domestic violent and abusive outbursts remain with the victim forever. While there is now a new push to teach children non-gender bias and respect in the schools I wonder if this additional teacher requirement [...]

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I’m So Ridiculously Busy!!!

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

How often do we all say this – ‘I’m so ridiculously busy’, ‘I’m just flat out’, ‘Haven’t got time to scratch myself’, ‘ I need another day or two in the week’ ….. and the list goes on. We all seem to do it these days; we all seem so overwhelmed by work and life things we need to do, we are just so ridiculously busy. What is making us [...]

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Grey Divorce

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

A new term has emerged, Grey Divorce. Divorcing when you are in your 50’s, 60’s or even later in life, and you have adult children, has specific challenges compared to divorcing when the children are young. There are an escalating number of couples choosing separation and divorce in this older age group. Is it because couples wait until their children have grown up and left and no child support issues [...]

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If your pregnancy is met with negativity

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Parenting, Relationships|

When we share the news that we're expecting a bundle of joy we usually expect a positive response. We assume that people will be happy for us – whether it is friends or family – and don't expect to get a negative response. from Essential Baby, by Jo Hartley So what happens when this isn't the case – when your news is not met with joy but, instead, if your [...]

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Should we Compliment Little Girls or are we damaging them?

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Parenting, Relationships|

A young girl's mind is her greatest asset, not her clothing not how pretty she is, not even how long and beautiful her hair is. When our friends, relatives or even the older lady in the supermarket comments, "Oh you're just so pretty!" do we  question if that is an appropriate comment? Should we continue to compliment our little girls? We all say to our daughters, nieces or that cute [...]

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Losing Friends After Baby Arrives?

By |2015-12-15T13:54:33+00:00December 15th, 2015|Relationships|

Losing friends after Baby arrives can affect many new mums? When we have a Baby we may sometimes lose connection with friends, this can occur when we have single friends whose lifestyle is not so compatible with ours anymore. It's common for friendships to change this way. While they may change for a while, when our friend re-enters our wold of babies, husband, family, it can all recommence and reinvent the [...]

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