Blog Posts & Interviews
How to Get Kids Ready for School: Calmer Mornings with Strong-Willed and Sensitive Children
Mornings feeling like a battle? Discover practical strategies to get your kids ready for school calmly, even with strong-willed or sensitive children. Learn how to build connection, reduce conflict, and create stress-free routines!
When Your Child Refuses School or Activities: How to Support Them Without Damaging Your Relationship
When a child refuses school or activities, it’s often driven by anxiety rather than defiance. Supporting their nervous system through calm connection, validation, and gentle boundaries helps them feel safe enough to move forward.
The Return to School: Why So Many Children Struggle (and How the BRIDGE Framework Can Help
Many children struggle with the return to school. Learn why deeply feeling children find transitions hard and how the BRIDGE Framework helps parents support emotional regulation and separation.
When “Santa’s Watching” Becomes a Parenting Tool, and Why It Can Backfire
Using “Santa’s watching” to manage behaviour may seem harmless, but fear-based parenting can damage trust and backfire. Learn positive parenting strategies for Christmas without bribes or threats.
Is Child Centred Parenting Putting Pressure on Your Relationship?
Is child centred parenting creating strain at home? Learn how to balance your child’s big emotions and your relationship with The Positive Parent Coach.
After School Meltdowns: Why kids save their big feelings for home
Learn why kids hold it together at school but meltdown at home—and how parents can ease after school stress with empathy and practical tools.
When your child only wants YOU (and no one else will do)
Discover why parent preference in children happens and how to gently ease it without guilt or conflict. Learn practical, science-backed parenting strategies to create calmer homes and confident kids.
