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Gratitude is one of those things we don’t always think of as a skill, but it can be taught. It is very important in this day and age to teach our children how to be grateful for everything they have and experience, whether it is bad or good. Those feelings of gratitude go along way to having a happy and healthy lifestyle and it can start at 2 years of age.
MSP Podcast – Mastery
Mastering a skill is an important life lesson which is not taught in school. You learn so much more than just the skill such as persistence, resilience, PITT and much more.
MSP Podcast – Confident Kids
How can we help our kids to be confident. There are many aspects but today we are talking about boundaries. Join our funny stories and understand that you are probably doing all the right things with your kids, or you can easily change just a small thing...
MSP Podcast – Rest and Recover technique
This parenting technique helps kids to calm their brains in order to make good decisions. It is not a punishment but a way to give them time to regulate their emotions and enable the decision part of their brain to make the decisions not the emotions.
MSP Podcast – Fight or Flight conflict
Do your kids use the fight or flight response to conflict or discipline? Here we help you to understand what to do to help them to start to use their brains and convert that initial response to a more reasoned approach ready for conflict in their teenage...
MSP Podcast – Back to Routines
Holidays are nearly over so it’s important that we get back to routines as soon as possible. It will help heaps with behaviour and your sanity.
MSP Podcast New Years Resolutions
Start new year resolutions with your family. Something you can keep going all year.
MSP Podcast – Tooth Fairy and Santa story
Is the tooth fairy and Santa a lie you tell your kids? Well, actually it is a story which we tell them to help them understand gratitude, compassion, kindness and giving.
MSP Podcast – Preparing Kids for big events
You need to prepare you children for these big events in their lives. Whether it is a concert, a special day or even just starting school. It is important to set them up for success. Be their life coach.
MSP Podcast – Positive Discipline 2
Are you struggling to get your kids to behave. Here are some techniques which you can use and the reasons why we do it this way. We start with these three techniques in Part 1; Distraction and diversion, Counting down, Consistency and Rules. In Part 2 we...
MSP Podcast Positive Disciple Part 1
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 – Prioritizing your self
Balancing relationships in a family can be hard. It is important to give your relationship with your partner a higher priority than your children. Everyone needs balance. I was told that children are not a possession, they are a privilege to have for a...
MSP Podcast – Starting school
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 Cultivating Creativity
Kids are generally creative. It’s about guiding that creativity and giving kids time to be creative, learning how to problem solve, and getting bored.
MSP Podcast Resolving Conflict
How we resolve the smallest of actions when children are little will set up how they see themselves and how they can resolve conflict in the future. You voice becomes their inner voice, so choose your words carefully when mistakes are made and blame the...
MSP Podcast – Predictable reactions reduce anxiety for our kids
We all want our children to come to us with anything. How do we do this? It all comes down to being predictable. Our predictable reactions to situations as small as a glass spilling to the car being crashed means our children are less anxious to tell us...
MSP Podcast Growing with their Development
As kids grow it is sometimes hard to keep up with what they are capable of. Making sure that you treat them at the level they are at, both developmentally and socially is very important to reduce the frustration they feel as people.
MSP Podcast Birthday Parties
It is always a worry what to do for Birthday Parties when the kids get older. Here are some great tips to have a successful party.
MSP Podcast Consequences and How to teach them
There are two main types of consequences, natural and man made. Learn how to help your child navigate through life understanding the consequences of their decisions. It’s the most powerful understanding you can give your child.
MSP Podcast – Teaching a growth mindset
We know that a growth mindset is so important for our children to have. It ensures that they are ready to take the risks they need to live a full and prosperous life. Teaching our kids how to have that mindset is actually quite simple and starts with the...
MSP Podcast – The art of Winning and Losing
Teaching your children how to win and lose is a great asset for the rest of their lives. To be happy for someone else to win will make their lives happier and more fulfilling, while they are still striving to win next time.
MSP Podcast Growth Mindset
Teaching your children how to have a Growth Mindset can be life changing. A fixed mindset can be very limiting in their lives, however a growth mindset will allow them to reach their potential and fly through life.
MSP Podcast – Music and Sport is so good
Why do we get our children to learn an instrument or play a team sport? For all these reasons:- teamwork, persistence, working hard, resilience, winning and losing, don’t give up.
MSP Podcast – Stop the attitude
4 year olds will act like 14 year olds. Stop it now or you will regret it later. It will be much bigger at 14 and have many more consequences.
MSP Podcast Being Bilingual
Take the opportunity to help your kids be bilingual if you can speak a 2nd language as it changes the way the brain develops in a positive way. We talk about some of the benefits and downfalls and what tactics are around at the moment.
MSP Podcast How to Build Vocabulary
Children who have a larger vocabulary do better at school. So how can you help them develop this? Talk to your kids with proper sentences and new words each week, this builds knowledge and relationships. Read traditional books like Anne of Green Gables,...
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