Parents have good and bad days. How can we be the best parents even during those really bad days. Parenting rules can change depending on who they are around. Kids can adapt and know the difference between each persons boundaries if they are set and don’t change.

MSP Podcast Being the Bigger Person

Learning how to choose which battle you should keep arguing and which to walk away from is an essential skill for kids to know. They can start learning how to make these choices and how to argue their point successfully from a really early age. Teach your...

MSP Podcast – Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day to all those dedicated mothers and carer's to our most precious little ones. Take time out for yourself today to enjoy your family and celebrate all you do for everyone special in your lives. It occurred to me as I was listening to a...

MSP Podcast – Learning to Apologise

Learning to apologise is so important for children to build relationships in the future. There are 5 steps in the apology so that they have ownership, responsibility and learn from their mistakes. Here are the 5 steps - State “I’m sorry”; What happened;...

MSP Podcast – Morals and Values

How to install morals and values in your children is all about doing a little everyday. It is incredibly important for kids to realise what is a good choice or not. Ensure that the whole children’s environment is the same, eg. Home, school, friends have...

MSP Podcast – Surviving Holidays

How to cope with kids during holidays - routine, calm, keep active, give each other space. Activities to do, go camping, movies, walk in nature, picnics museums, art galleries, board games and craft. Lots of craft.

MSP Podcast – Through the stages

Update on gorgeous, giving children the opportunity to do new things and supporting them through the process of risk taking and failure. As parents we sometimes get stuck and don’t give our kids new opportunities for each stage. Play is so important for...

MSP Podcast – Risk Taking

Learning that it is OK to fail is the first step to taking risks. Making sure it is safe for our children to do so is our responsibility as parents. Children also need to learn how to evaluate these situations for themselves.

MSP Podcast – Conflict Resolution

Learning how to resolve issues is something we all need to keep getting better at. Children love power play so how to not get into power play? Also, if we come up against a very frustrating person, what do we do? Help your kids learn these great...

MSP Podcast – Building Confidence in Kids

I wanted to have confident kids, however I was always worried that if I disciplined them it would harm their confidence. How wrong I was. Here are some tips on helping your child become a confident young adult in the future. We cover discipline that...

MSP Podcast – I don’t want to ruin my kids.

Every parent wants to do what is right for their kids. What is ok to do so that I don’t ruin them as adults. We cover topics such as building relationships, having good habits, being independent thinkers, boundaries and consistency, have fun together,...

MSP Podcast – Finding your Child’s Passion

Helping your children to find a passion in life is one of the most enjoyable parts of being a parent. Giving them lots of experiences so that they can find what their passion is, and supporting them to mastery in that skill area builds self-esteem,...

MSP Podcast – One Step at a Time

Teaching your child how to start a task is so important. Helping them to realise that you can do anything if you take it ‘One step at a time’ really makes a difference to their resilience and academic achievement and functioning as an adult in the...

MSP Podcast – Value of Playing Alone

In this wide world it is important to teach children how to play and be alone. Even as adults it can be hard to know what to do when we are alone. There is always so much to do, however learning from a young age to occupy yourself without going to technology it the...