by Lachlan Soper | Jan 15, 2021 | Family & Parenting, Lachlan Soper
Consent is first and foremost about giving permission for something to happen or agreeing to something. Society has become wiser over recent decades about boundaries – child protection and adult relationships are just two such areas. Teaching our children that...
by Lachlan Soper | Jan 15, 2021 | Family & Parenting, Lachlan Soper
The start of a new year is a great time to think about what you’d like to achieve for yourself and your family and the things that you’d like to encourage your kids to do. Here are some ideas to make 2021 more rewarding for your family. 1. Minimise the screens and...
by Lachlan Soper | Jan 15, 2021 | Family & Parenting, Lachlan Soper
Every parent is warned about the terrible twos and wild toddler years, but parenting preteens is not for the faint of heart. This is a time of new budding emotions, puberty, radical change, and getting to know themselves. Preteens, between the ages of nine and twelve,...
by Lachlan Soper | Jan 15, 2021 | Family & Parenting, Lachlan Soper
As a parent, one of our top priorities while raising our children is their happiness. But how do we know our child is actually happy? Do we know by their smile or their laugh? It’s a terrifying thought to consider your child may be unhappy and you are unaware of it....
by Lachlan Soper | Dec 31, 2020 | Family & Parenting, Lachlan Soper
One of the most difficult things for a child to learn to control and fully understand is their emotions. How we as parents teach our children how to express their emotions can have a major effect on them well into adulthood. This is why it is so essential for parents...
