Category: Parent Child relationships
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Postcards from Europe: Unhelpful assumptions
Day 3: Unhelpful assumptions After a lovely morning in Nuremberg tasting Lebekuchen and Pretzels we travelled onto Vienna. (Another 326 miles). My wonderfully cunning plan to pop to the supermarket conveniently located 2 minutes from our apartment to buy food for dinner was thwarted by the fact that it shut at 5:30pm (just a few…
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Postcards from Europe: And we’re off……
Day 1 – And we’re off First stop Amsterdam. (460 miles so far) We’re travelling light on this trip which feels strangely vulnerable. So many things I typically pack are “just in case,” but when you’re carrying everything to multiple destinations that’s a challenge – what did we really need. I do like to be…
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Preparing for Adventure: Making holidays easier for children who struggle with change.
I’ve wanted to visit Rome for as long as I can remember, but for various reasons, it hasn’t happened—until now. This year, I’m excited to share that not only do we have a trip to Rome booked, but we’re going Interrailing, with stops in Amsterdam, Nuremberg, Vienna, Venice, Rome, and Innsbruck. Why might you be…
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What I wish I’d known from the start: 5 reflections on overwhelmed and dysregulated children
When I first started teaching, the term “dysregulated” wasn’t even part of our vocabulary. In the early 2000s, we didn’t talk about overwhelmed children, nor did we understand the neuroscience behind intense emotions in the way we do today. Emotional distress wasn’t typically considered a valid reason for challenging behaviour and instead viewed as lack…
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What I wish I’d known from the start: 5 reflections on tricky behaviour
Tricky behaviour is something every parent experiences. It can be one of the most stressful parts of parenting, yet there’s no training given beforehand on how to deal with it. It’s often only in the heat of the moment that you realise that your main “go to” is your own experiences of being parented and…
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The best day out you never knew you had!
Once upon a time we took one of our teenagers (and friend) on holiday. We were based on a brilliant site about 40 mins outside Amsterdam – it’s got a swimming pool with amazing slides and a theme park on site as well as a whole heap of other activities. We spent the bulk of…