I was thinking about the impact of technology and what I imagine may occur in the future. I don’t think it’s impossible to think that robots will play some part in raising our children. I remember I would come home from school and watch TV for 2-3 hours until mum…
(A person, who is taught at home, will stand collected on the Marae) A child, who is taught proper values at home and cherished within his family, will not only behave well amongst his own family but also within society and throughout his life. Isn’t it funny how there was…
I thought I had it sussed. My darlings love language must be quality time. Elizabeth was at the front of the session delivering to the parents, she said this. “Sometimes when we are at our lowest our love language will present itself.” Now my darling is totally independent and enjoys…
As my girls get older they get wiser to what quality time can be. I suppose it’s like their vocabulary is getting bigger and they want to spend it in more ways than what they used too. Before I did a parenting course I would spend time with the girls,…
I remember I used to think parenting in a positive way was hard. But I don’t think that’s the case anymore. I think there are even harder things to manage than kids. Bills are harder. They definitely don’t give us hugs or make us feel loved. They might annoy us…
Every day in our household we try to make an effort to put a lot of energy into our Greetings, Goodbyes and Goodnights with our children. This is one of the strategies from our parenting courses that we teach parents about strengthening our relationship with our children. It’s also a…
My phone went missing one night. For some reason I already knew what happened to it. I asked Jackie who admitted she hid it away because I spend more time on my phone than with them. My darling joked that they should just handle it but then I began thinking.…
I remember we were having a hard time with one of the girls. It was like nothing we did worked. Every instruction went in one ear and out the other. We were determined to get to the bottom of this. Even her day care had said maybe it had something…
I went to get my haircut the other day when the barber said, ‘It’s a messed up world nowadays.’ I asked him what he meant by that to which he said, ‘It’s not like how it was when we were kids’. These kids get everything. I sat in the chair…
In our parenting courses we talk about the importance of ‘connecting moments’, which like all new skills, takes a while to learn. It isn’t difficult, but for some of us, it can be very different to how we normally communicate with our children. Here is an example from my own…