Category: Children and Adolescents

Whenever we go through a change in our life, we can experience moments of stress. Sometimes this stress can develop into anxiety as dealing with the unknown and the fear of change can lead to experiencing significant distress. If your … Read more

The majority of young children are energetic, curious and always propelled into doing something. This is important for their development when they are toddlers and continues to be important throughout all their life. Despite this, children start to decrease the … Read more

What do we tell children when we are divorcing? What do our children need from us? These are some concerns that parents who are divorcing may experience. In this blog I will be sharing a few ideas and insights around … Read more

Discipline is one of the many challenges families face. Disciplining biological children is not an easy task, but disciplining someone else’s children can be much tougher and more challenging, if at all possible (Trautner, 2017). If they are young or … Read more

We must admit, many of us did not think that we would be battling this pandemic during the festive season, when it first hit in March 2020. Some are more tired and stressed than others and we must all deal … Read more

Many families try their best to provide their children with memorable Christmases, and doing things together during the Christmas period that their child finds exciting. Christmas Day celebrations will most likely be very different for us this year during the … Read more

As children grow up, it seems natural for parents to compare them to other youngsters (including their own siblings!). However, many people fail to think about the effect that it may have on kids. Siblings are generally given a similar … Read more

Imagine yourself in a world where you have no control over what is happening around you… You cannot make a decision and act upon that decision… Your thoughts and opinions are not respected and listened to… You do not have … Read more

This year has been disruptive for all of us. In some way or another, due to COVID-19, the usual routines had to change especially during the lockdown. Children have been hugely impacted by this pandemic as for a good part … Read more