What is 'discipline' in family life?
Discipline in family life is a challenging topic. But could we see discipline in a more practical 'life skill' kind of way?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Jul 22, 20243 min read
Sitting back and observing
To observe or dive into being a family at war is always a choice. What choice will you make?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Arguments and Comfortable Intensity
Have you ever been in an argument where things have been said and the atmosphere is thick as treacle? Welcome to comfortable intensity...
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Apr 22, 20243 min read
Intensity in Parenting
You may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business, do we lose what is important in all that intensity?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Apr 15, 20242 min read
'Who do you think you are?'
Have you ever had that comment said to you as an insult, a put-down? Being criticized is exhausting. Let's change the narrative.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Feb 5, 20243 min read
Kids know what we are hiding
Are children as unaware as we assume them to be, or are they able to read the way we move far better than we presume or assume?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Jan 29, 20243 min read
The cost of fitting in
When we understand why we behave the way we do, it supports us to see why so many work so hard to fit in.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Dec 25, 20233 min read
Boys, fitting in, and pack energy
‘Fitting in’ is an unspoken directive that to survive they have to toughen up yet where does this lead? Pack energy doesn’t ‘just happen’...
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Dec 18, 20233 min read
Family Christmas & Broken Banks
Subscribe to a picture of Christmas, and hand yourself over to a ruthless marketing machine and the claws of the loan shark..
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Why do I feel scared of my child?
Child-to-parent abuse is increasingly common, that is huge to admit to ourselves, let alone talk about publicly. We go there...
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Aug 21, 20233 min read
Are we prepared for thirteen?
Are we caught with our pants down when children turn teen? Read more for how we can set a foundation for everyone.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Saying 'No' to bullying
Saying no to bullying is a skill we all want for our children and for ourselves. Let’s look at what ‘feeds’ the bully in the first place.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Jun 26, 20234 min read
Being sensitive and being bullied
It is a start disassembling the myth that is causing so much harm to a man’s mental and physical health.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Discussing periods
Getting our period is as natural as breathing, so why do we make it something separate that needs its own special moment?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Jun 5, 20238 min read
Challenging 'Boys Don't Cry'
Is it possible that gender-specific parenting dictates what level of sensitivity is acceptable in children and then adult males?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
May 9, 20233 min read
Honesty, trust and truth in families
Children can feel when we are telling the truth and when we are not, so do we confirm what they know or do we sow the seed out doubt?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
May 2, 20234 min read
Giving in to bad behaviour
When we give in to bad behaviour, we are saying ‘If you act up, I will reward you’
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Looking for what's wrong
We fall into a pattern of looking for what’s wrong instead of appreciating the amazing people we have in our lives.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Boundaries, expression and reactions
Let’s have a different take on boundaries, what if it wasn’t about restriction … read on if you dare!
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Rules, standards and boundaries
Rules, standards and boundaries make the family home into a space where true care and consideration for another is our 'normal'.
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Helpful advice, or criticism?
We are so keen to offer advice, but have we considered if what we are offering is 'helpful advice' or, criticism? Eeek!
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Feb 27, 20233 min read
Trying to be 'liked' as parents
How much do we want our children to like us? Wanting our children to like us can lead to complications and trouble with a capital 'T'
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Oct 3, 20222 min read
Parenting Fitness
Did anyone tell us that parenting needs us to have a certain kind of fitness? Nope – well let’s talk about the elephant in the room now…
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
Sep 19, 20222 min read
Chores
Living in a shared home means shared responsibilities. Do we leave it too late to share these vital life skills?
Back 2 Basics Parenting Team
May 23, 20223 min read