Parent Wellbeing

Wellbeing for kids and parents

Ask most parents, ‘What do you want for your children?’ And they will reply, ‘I want my kids to be happy.’ It’s a simple, highly desirable, life ambition.

But can we, as parents, really help our kids achieve this aim? Can we assist our kids be happy? Can we guarantee them a good life?

There are, of course, no… Read more

Is motherhood easy?

Jacinta Tynan is an author, TV presenter, columnist and mother of a 9 month baby boy. Recently, she wrote an article in Sunday Life magazine called ‘The Big Easy’, which claims that being a mum is “a cinch” and “a breeze” and that many mothers whinge too much and are martyrs.

Jacinta admits that motherhood is tiring and time… Read more

Smart parenting

I’m a subscriber to Michael Grose’s Parenting Ideas newsletter. If you’re interested you can subscribe at his website. The other day, this anecdote about Smart Parenting came through:

Miranda usually makes her two children’s lunches each morning and places on them on the kitchen bench for them to put in their schoolbags as they dash… Read more

The real job of pregnancy

If you think pregnancy is all about growing a baby. Then think again. Pregnancy is actually about growing you into a parent.

Pregnancy is nine months of preparation for your most significant role yet. You are transitioning from person to parent, and the transformation is life changing.

If you heed pregnancy’s cues, by the time your baby is ready… Read more

A thank you note a day

I LOVE this blog Thx Thx Thx by Leah Dietrich.

A simple but very powerful way to practice gratitude.

A handwritten, post-it, thank you note a day to all sorts of life’s often small and overlooked pleasures.

Thank you Leah.

And a great idea to steal.

Can you write a post-it note thank you to yourself, your… Read more

5 tips for getting out of the house on time

We’ve all experienced it. Those mornings when by the time you’ve finally bustled the kids into the car, you just feel like crawling back into bed.

Well here’s my 5 tips for getting out of the house on time so we all start the day a little better.

1. Be realistic

You may be able to grab your bag… Read more

How can I get my child to tidy up?

I’ve been reading a very interesting study about the relationships between how stressed we are as parents, our parenting style, and outcomes for our kids.

There is a lot of very useful information in this study, but I’d like to concentrate on just one issue in this article, and it relates to a BIG frustration most, if not ALL,… Read more

Parents versus children – Who’s needs come first?

I was flabbergasted. I had just read an article by a parenting publication that pitted parent against child, that painted parenting in terms of black and white, and that purported to support parents whilst undermining individual differences.

‘There are only two parenting styles’, the article retorted, ‘one that meets the child’s needs and one that meet’s the parents’ needs.’… Read more

Good luck – How to be lucky

Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire and author of The Luck Factor, has researched over 400 ‘lucky’ and ‘unlucky’ people and discovered that luck is no accident.

Instead, he found that we create our own good or bad fortune.

The major difference between lucky and unlucky people is that the less fortunate are more… Read more

Can money make you happy?

The obvious answer might seem yes. But money is a complex topic.

Over many decades, the field of psychology has been studying the links between money and wellbeing.

And one of the major findings is:

You need a certain amount of money for subsistence, which is important for wellbeing. But over and above subsistence,