Co-parenting with a difficult parent?
Every family faces its own challenges; however, many high conflict divorces share the same dilemmas and woes. One that I frequently see, is “gatekeeping behaviour”. Gatekeeping is when one parent displaying traits of a high conflict personality e.g. constant criticisms, arrogant statements, preoccupation with themselves, disparaging remarks about their ex-partner’s parenting or demands for admiration…
Know Their Limits – How Much Screen Time For Kids?
Are you worried that your children are becoming addicted to their screens? In this world of ever evolving technology, it’s always a challenge to ensure that our children have the tech skills that they need, without allowing them to spend too much time on the myriad of apps and games that they love. We have…
Teen Stress – a Toolbox for Providing Support
Our teens are exposed to the kind of stress that we, as adolescents, did not know. Daily stressors today include technology and social media, school demands, relationships, blurred boundaries, and academic expectations in a highly competitive educational environment. On top of that, we are a generation of achievement-oriented parents. We place extra demands on…
Treating Moms, Protecting Babies
Catching pre-and post-natal depression early saves more than one life. The minute that tiny baby lands in your arms you are only supposed to feel joy, or so you’re told. Having a baby can be difficult and challenging. It’s hard to admit to feeling isolated, overwhelmed, and afraid. These feelings are common — so why is there…
Age Appropriate Internet Use Family Agreement
The goal is to incorporate technology into our lives in a meaningful way as a tool for education and work, that allows us to have a healthy balance of online and off-line time. Kids and Teens I will never give out personal information online or by text and will avoid all chat rooms except ones…
Screen Addiction Starts at Home
What can the parents do? We wake up the morning and before speaking to anyone we say ‘hello’ to our phone. On the way to bathroom we check our messages. On the bus or metro we play games and listen to music, earphones in. Waiting anywhere is a chance to engage with anything on the…
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