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Common Parenting Mistakes to avoid as sport returns
Our house is buzzing at the prospect of sport returning and as their parents, we have our hands firmly on the rudder of helping them navigate this return successfully. For some parents, your kids are buzzing with excitement and eagerness, for others you will see...
read moreF-Word by Non-Perfect Dad
I got an invite to join a bunch of failures. Receiving an invitation to join a failure group understandably created some mixed emotions. Was I to be grateful or insulted that Mitch (Steve Mitchell) thought I was suitably qualified to attend?! Mitch...
read moreCarb Addicted Parenting (& leadership?) *
"You are doing amazingly at…" "Are you about to tell me off"? "Err, yes...how could you tell?" "You were doing that X-factor thing of saying something nice before saying something cutting. You were just nice so you could then be out of order." Rumbled, even a...
read moreMy dirty little secret – sorry Grandpa!
What isn't a secret is that I give 'talks' to parents and coaches about how to work together for the best outcomes for the young people concerned. I thoroughly love standing up in front of a bunch of people: connecting, laughing, seeing the penny drop, stretching...
read moreWhat does epic parent engagement look like in the first couple of weeks of shutdown? And why does it matter?
I think schools and sports clubs have done an amazing job of getting their curriculums online to motivate children to stay engaged with their sporting and learning development. You’ve also been dealing with a vast quantity of emails and phone calls from...
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