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Sarah Dunstone
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Managing Parenting and Family in Times of Stress
Raising a family can be rewarding but also a very stressful time, and mounting pressures from family and work can leave parents...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Imaginary Friends
Children from around 3 to 8 years of age often create their own imaginary friends. This is a natural developmental phase for children...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Jul 28
- 2 min
Helping Children with Grief and Loss
Whether it has been on tv or story books, young children have an understanding of death. It is however, the permanence of this that may...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Jun 15
- 2 min
Lets Talk About Parenting Guilt
It is real and it is really powerful. So where does this come from and what can we do to manage it? Instincts and biology tell us that...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Jun 8
- 2 min
A Little Me Time
The calendar has just ticked over to the month of June which means that we are half way though the year; there are no more long weekends...
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Sarah Dunstone
- May 14
- 2 min
The Benefits of Play
“To think things through, children need to play things through” – Jean Piaget When engaging in play, children are able to explore and...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Apr 20
- 1 min
Family Time Means Connection Time
It’s that time of the year again when the Easter Bunny is about to visit. The weather is perfect and this makes for the ideal time for...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Apr 6
- 2 min
A Child's Relationship with their Parents
While parental and family support may start to look very different as a child grows into a pre-teen and teen, the need for family and...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Creating a Parenting Plan
Let’s talk about co-parenting and parenting plans. Creating a parenting plan is a useful way to formalise the details of your new...
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Sarah Dunstone
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Practising Parental Self-Care
If there is one thing that parents can all agree on, is that raising children is one of the hardest and most rewarding jobs that a person...
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Managing Emotions Following a Natural Disaster
As a community we have all experienced the significant weather event over the past weekend, and for some this has become a natural...
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Parental Self-Care
If there is one thing that parents can all agree on, is that raising children is one of the hardest and most rewarding jobs that a person...
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Promoting Organisation For Children with ADHD
It’s probably every parents new (school) year’s resolution to get organized, but particularly the parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD....
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Grace McMurtrie
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Commencing the School Year
As we know, face to face learning is set to resume from Monday 7th February, after what has been a mammoth Christmas holiday period....
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Understanding ADHD in Children
It is often a question that swirls through a parents mind, is my child just being a child or do they have ADHD. ADHD stands for attention...
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Coping With the End of Another Year
The end of the year can be a tricky time for our little people. Often they are faced with the excitement of Christmas and being on...
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Anxiety in Young People
Last week we spoke about chronic low mood in kids, and where this comes from. This week I’d like to look more closely at anxiety and how...
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Grace McMurtrie
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Chronic Low Mood in Children
There is no doubt that our kids can go through some tough times. Whether it is a family separation; friendship issues; or bombing out on...
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Curtis Cavanagh
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
A Child's Life Following an Educational Assessment
Previously I have written about the process of assessments for our children, and how we can navigate the concept of “labelling” them. ...
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