Is your child still sleeping in your bed?
For some families this works perfectly, but for others it can disrupt sleep and make it difficult to enjoy time as a couple. If it's time for your child to return to their own bed, [...]
Is Your Young Person Struggling with Anger?
Many young people find it difficult to manage their emotions, and anger can be particularly challenging. It often affects the whole family, leading to conflict between parents, siblings, and other family members. Over time, it [...]
Life can feel heavy at times
Life can feel heavy at times, but there are still good things all around us: moments of kindness, beauty, joy and connection. When we notice and appreciate them, we feel more resilient and hopeful
What Your Brain Deletes Without You Realising
Deletion is one of the ways our brain keeps us from becoming overwhelmed. Every second, we take in huge amounts of information through our senses, but if we noticed everything, life would feel chaotic and [...]
What Is Anger Really Hiding?
Anger can be one of the hardest emotions for parents and teachers to deal with. A child can go from calm to furious in seconds over something that seems tiny, like a biscuit, turning off [...]
The Two Toxic Words I Hear Every Day in Therapy
There are two words I challenge constantly in therapy sessions with children and parents: “try” and “don’t.” They sound harmless, but both can quietly make behaviour worse. Why “Try” Doesn’t Really Help When a child [...]
Why Some Children Struggle to Remember Things and the Simple Trick That Changes Everything
Have you ever watched your child forget something moments after you’ve told them? Their school bag is left at home, instructions vanish into thin air, or they can only remember two things from a shopping [...]
Is your young person struggling to get to sleep at night?
This is a common problem which many of us must navigate. It is often because of imagined monsters in the bedroom. I can recall struggling with this myself, ever fearful that monsters were going to [...]
The Simple Action That Helps Children Re-Engage When They Shut Down During a Session
When a child shuts down, stops engaging, or gives you nothing back, it can feel like everything just stalls. You might be doing all the “right” things — talking about what they love, meeting them [...]
Is Your Young Person Struggling with Anger?
Is Your Young Person Struggling with Anger? Many young people find it difficult to manage their emotions, and anger can be particularly challenging. It often affects the whole family, leading to conflict between parents, siblings, [...]
BBC NEWS | Education
A new study finds Rosalind Franklin is the only woman named in Key Stage 4 science specifications. [...]
Education Secretary Lucy Powell has stressed the importance of reminding new generations of the horrors of the Holocaust. [...]
A group of clinicians warns technology use in English schools is driving a rise in health problems like short-sightedness. [...]
A second head teachers' union says it is "increasingly concerned" about members' "welfare and morale". [...]
The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it. [...]
The government wants 75% of children to end their first year of school with a good level of development by 2028. [...]
The Conservative leader tells the BBC the earnings threshold for government support stops people "working harder". [...]
The man paid his ex-partner around £30,000 over two years believing she had given birth to his children. [...]
The author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers. [...]
The social messaging app will let parents decide on privacy settings for their child's account. [...]
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