parenting strategies
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Why Have You Bought Me Vitamins? Understanding PDA in Kids
My son takes vitamins—nothing fancy, just some strawberry-flavoured Mr. Men ones from Boots. I had accepted he wasn’t the best eater a long long time ago and taking that vitamin is probably the only bit of vitamins he actually gets…..and then I am not completely sure of the efficacy of the Mr. Men vitamins but Continue reading
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How many bits of air are there?
We were in the car one day, and going out as a family and I could hear my son breathing quite heavily and he asked…… “How many bits of air are there?” My son loves numbers, he always wants to know how many things there are, how things are measured etc so this question didn’t Continue reading
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Can you say this?
Somewhere along the line, and most of the time I’m not entirely sure how but my son, or maybe I do, starts little rituals that start off small but over time become a major issue. I say issue because this insignificant small ritual grows until it dominates his whole life…..and mine….and there are several of Continue reading
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Have you cancelled my lonely time?
Way back in February when the wheels really started to come off my son’s attendance at school they offered him a block of counselling sessions. This wasn’t immediately offered, I really pushed for this to happen but I knew it was the right option. This wasn’t him going into a room and laying on a Continue reading
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Which bit of toast should I eat first?
Toast. That slice of crispy bread lathered in butter is delicious right. Well no. I never would have thought that toast would have become the bane of my life. But it has. That one slice of crispy bread I am seriously starting to detest. And I will tell you why. My son is currently in Continue reading
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Happy New Year – Are we in 2023 or 2024?
Well….Happy New Year! The start of a new year, a fresh start, the beginning of time isn’t it. It’s a time for reflection, to look back on over the last year and a time for plan making, thinking about what you want to achieve in the coming year. For us though it was a minefield Continue reading
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Why do you ask so many questions?
Ironic huh. This is actually what my son asked me one day as we were getting in the car to set off for school. I literally stopped in my tracks as I couldn’t believe my ears. Here I was writing about the questions he asked me and he thought I asked him a lot of Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 