What is positive parenting – is it ‘soft’?

She can’t insult her Dad, demand that everyone at the table drinks from the red cup, or pull visitors’ pants down.

This style of parenting teaches our kids to respect other people’s bodies, choices and feelings.

And we need to do the same for them.

Tools to take away power struggles

Here you’ll find tools that create win-wins.

Techniques that don’t rely on physical force, bribery or screaming-it-out in a corner to get results (and I don’t judge you if you’ve used any of these – they were my previous go-tos).

You’ll find new ways to get your child to want to do something (whether you’re in the room or not).

We’ll use games, stories and the power of play. Because this is how our children learn best.

And when our children mess up, the focus is on responsibility, repair and solutions for next time.

And quite honestly, this often involves more than sitting in Time Out for a few minutes.

We’ll set clear boundaries, enforced with compassion and assertiveness

And when we mess up, well, we’ll learn to forgive ourselves, which quite frankly, most of us weren’t taught how to do (we learned to feel guilty and beat ourselves up – that takes a bit of undoing!).

And we’ll be getting at the root cause of problems

Sometimes it really helps to understand what’s going on in our children’s brains and bodies (and our own). We’ll look at proven techniques to change our children’s body chemistry – and our own – so that we can have a happier home.

We’ll also look at lots of prevention techniques, to nip behavioural issues in the bud before they even occur.

From battleground to playground

Prepare to don space helmets, ride dragons to school and throw socks at your family members (okay, maybe not your mother-in-law!).

You can use the link below to sign up to the blog and get my free, How to Get the Giggles e-book, with lots of fun ideas for using humour to avoid conflicts, as well as giggly games you can play with your child, whether they’re a baby or a teenager.

Through my regular blog and ut one on one coaching, I’ll help you find practical tools so you can:

• use play, games and stories to tackle the hardest parts of your day, from getting dressed to dealing with anxiety
• prevent and manage meltdowns and aggression, kindly and without ‘losing it’
• help your child to listen and communicate
• build self-esteem in ways not often talked about
• find a little more self-love and time for you