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How to Support Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing
Is your child acting differently lately? Changes in behaviour can be a sign that their emotional cup is running low. Supporting children’s emotional wellbeing is essential for helping them feel happy, confident, and secure. Discover practical tips to recognise the signs of an empty emotional cup and simple ways to refill it with love, play and attention.
Emma Christmas
Dec 5, 20252 min read
After School Restraint Collapse: Why School Pick-Up Can Feel So Hard
You know that feeling - you’ve missed your child all day, you’re excited to see them at pick-up and then… meltdown. They’re crying about the wrong snack, refusing to get in the car or snapping at their sibling. You’re left wondering: What happened? Welcome to after school restraint collapse - a very normal, but often misunderstood, part of childhood.
Emma Christmas
Oct 10, 20252 min read
The Route to Regulation: Helping Children Build Emotional Intelligence
When we talk about raising emotionally healthy children, one of the key skills we’re really talking about is self-regulation - a child’s ability to notice, manage and respond to their feelings in healthy ways. But self-regulation doesn’t just appear overnight. So how do we actually teach these skills?
Emma Christmas
Sep 23, 20253 min read
Why Siblings Fight (And How Parents Can Make It Better)
Sibling conflict is a tale as old as time - William and Harry, Liam and Noel, Kim and Kourtney. But squabbling children does not automatically mean they’re going to be enemies for life!
Emma Christmas
Feb 26, 20256 min read
How to Calm Your Child Mid-Meltdown: 5 Essential Strategies Every Parent Should Know.
Find out why your child’s meltdown isn’t the end of the world (and how you can help them cope) without losing your cool.
Emma Christmas
Feb 6, 20254 min read
Why Children Need Boundaries (and How to Set Them Without the Drama!)
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some sort of manual that said “these are the rules children need and this is how to make them follow them"?
Emma Christmas
Jan 22, 20254 min read
7 Behaviours Parents Don’t Need to Stress About at Christmas
December is a lot! I'm exhausted, you're exhuasted and our children have never been so excitement. This combination can be a recipe for stress when it comes to our children's behaviour. Top that off with expectations from other adults and suddenly we've got fuel on our already stressful fire. Here are 7 behaviours that I promise you don't need to worry about this festive season.
Emma Christmas
Dec 12, 20243 min read
Things Adults Do That Confuse Children and Make Behaviour Harder
Without meaning to, adults do things that confuse children and create the exact behaviour issues they're often keen to avoid.
Emma Christmas
Nov 6, 20245 min read
7 Things to Say and Do After School 📚
How many times has school pick up ended in tears, tantrums and too much tiredness? School is a full-on day right from the moment registration starts to the moment they walk out the door to go home. Your child is tired and hungry and they've missed you. But their behaviour doesn't often show this, does it? Here are 7 tips to make life easier for them (and you) for that after school period.
Emma Christmas
Sep 12, 20222 min read
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