Imagine that your partner was unfaithful to you. Would you be more upset if he/she had sex and had an affair or if he/she had fallen in love with somebody? Some studies have found that the answer to this question … Read more
Odd or Even?
Did you ever feel like you’re the only one who’s different? Then it’s easy to imagine that most kids also feel like that sometimes. And some children feel like that a lot because other kids notice the difference and point … Read more
Little Dreamers
“Love, perhaps, is the ability to see more deeply, to understand the pain in the lives of those children that fill your classrooms, and know that love heals their wounds when all else has failed”.
My hope, as an educator … Read more
Am I Normal?
I seem to face this question on a regular basis, I am sure that you probably have asked yourself this too. I ask this question to myself from time to time, also individuals who I meet socially and clients ask … Read more
Do you let your perception get the best of you?
What I always find fascinating is that as one engages in conversation with others regarding their specific situation/s, one starts to realise that there is something which is so obvious yet so overlooked. Perception, a quick google search states that … Read more
The SILENT struggle
It’s 5 p.m. and I am really tired after a whole day at work. Yet I know that there is still one more family I need to see. I hear a knock on the office door and I see the … Read more
The ‘Different’ Road
We are all so popular now, so connected. ‘Social networking’ is the new buzzword. New verbs have seeped into our day to day language – we blog, we skype and tweet our thoughts in fewer than 140 characters. We post … Read more
What grandparents can learn from their grandchildren
In a grandchild-grandparent relationship, the grandparent is usually seen as the one who can teach, by sharing knowledge and life experiences. But that may not always be true. There are plenty of things that grandparents can learn from communication and … Read more
Are you pregnant?! The new parent and grandparent roles
The news about a pregnancy usually brings a lot of joy into a newly created family. It also means that the roles within a family setting are going to change. It involves not only new parent-baby relationships but also it … Read more
Does your teenage child behave differently from other kids his age? – Part 2 of 2
It is interesting for me that when I explain this to parents; they seem to digest it very well. Yet, I frequently meet a “however”. It is not uncommon for parents to feel that their child’s behaviour is uniquely explosive. … Read more