Parenting is the most confusing journey you’ll ever take.
As Mums and Dads, we want to provide the best life possible for our children. Yet we often don’t have a clear picture of the actions we need to take, in order for this to naturally unfold.
There’s no shortage of advice. The trouble is that it’s inconsistent. Our family may tell us one thing, our friends another and the experts something different again. Some of the advice may really resonate. But the rest just doesn’t speak to who you are as a person, who you are as a parent, or it simply isn’t a match for that unique child in front of you.
It’s time to get back to basics. It’s time to keep things simple.
In this blog post I’m sharing my top reads for parents. While a range of topics are covered, the key message remains the same; give your child freedom to move, an abundance of play, good fuel, unconditional love, as well as the trust that he or she will seek out what is needed for their developmental progression, at the pace that’s right for them.
So here it is, your cheat sheet. Read what you need at this moment in time, then bookmark the post for later reference. Keep things simple, remember?
Guidance for babies?
Read Supporting new life one day at a time
Read The #1 thing all babies need
Read The Journey Towards Postural Control
Read How to get crawling in motion
Read 6 reasons to embrace crawling
Still toilet training?
Read The mess of toilet training
Time to play?
Read 5 fun ideas for science discovery play (using stuff you already have)
Read Make today a sensory play day
Read 8 Reasons we need to stop academic creep
Challenging behaviours?
Read The dirty on tantrums and meltdowns
Read Could it be the Moro Reflex?
Read 20 ways to get more proprioception
An Anxious Child?
Read Healing Anxiety
Read How to choose the best setting for your anxious child
Read Selective Mutism
Homework battles?
Read Was I really just on 60 Minutes?
Read Homework Debunked
Read Horrendous Homework
Read The solution to horrendous homework
Read Resistant readers
Unsure of what to say?
Read Are you using your words wisely?
Read Why I didn’t tell her to stop being so silly
Food overwhelm?
Read Turning a blind eye-what are we REALLY feeding our children?
Read Mealtime Mastery
Developmental challenges?
Auditory Processing Disorder – Read What you didn’t know about listening
Speech Delay – Read That little issue with speech
Autism Spectrum Disorder – Read And what about autism?
ADHD – Read Could it be the Moro Reflex?
Poor fine motor skills – Read 4 ways to build your fine motor muscles
To diagnose or not? Read The limitations of a label
Everything going wrong?
Read From surviving to thriving: 8 action steps to help your child
Read When your world starts to break
Read Your phenomenal year of parenting
Need a pep talk?
Read Standing firm in your parenting choices
Are any questions missing that I can write about in future blog posts?