Communicating with teenagers? Can feel like tricky stuff. Here's some tips.

The question we often ask our children in the afternoons is “How was your day?” Sometimes we might be granted with a shrug or a grunt and at other times it is an invitation for our child to pick out the worst thing that happened among all the many great things that hap...

The transition from primary school to secondary school is a major life transition for our young people. While it is an exciting time filled with possibility and potential it can also bring on unfamiliar feelings for some.  While some people breeze through this time wit...

One of the most common things parents talk with me about is how to manage their children’s anger.  Picture this!  Something doesn’t go quite the way your child wanted.  All of a sudden there is an explosive outburst, they start yelling, screaming, hitting or throwing t...