Life Mentoring Articles

Parents Are Being Asked to Do the Impossible Parents are often told that struggling means they are doing something wrong. But what if the problem isn’t you? Modern life is fast, distracted, and overwhelming, while parenting requires presence, patience, and connection. This mismatch creates exhaustion and guilt for many parents. When we see this clearly, we stop self-blame and start understanding why parenting feels so hard right now.

Many parents are using punishments. Often taking things away from the child. This is a parent attempt at control and is not the best parenting. Natural consequences are better, however parents often try to created natural consequences and they become punishment administered by the parent. This affects both the child’s learning and the parent child bond. This article is about what you can do instead.

It’s hard in today world for parents and children. Parents have stresses and yet are expected to bring up stress free resilient children. This article covers how we can do this from our own place of overwhelm and pressure.

Why choices can be wrong in parenting and what to do instead.

You’re too busy to do it all yourself, what are you ‘telling’ your child if you do it for them and what are they learning?

Teens don’t seem to listen. And they dont want to go to bed. Constant nagging and often arguments ensue. Turn this around with these tips..

When one child picks on another child. You’ve tried everything. Nothing works What do we do to get on top of it. This article explains it.

What to do when your child isn’t handling other seemingly misbehaving in tje presence of other kids

How to stop yourself reacting and over reacting.

You’re doing too much. You’re not superhuman. Where’s it all going wrong And what can you do about it. This articles makes it clear.

Feel fear? “Do it anyway” often backfires. Learn how small steps, empathy, and safety help kids and adults build real courage.

Someone peope have difficult behaviour. Adults and kids alike . What do we do when this happens