Nov 21, 2017 | Emotions, Parent, Parenting, Uncategorised
I sometimes wish I was with a different child. I sometimes wish I was with one of my other kids! This confession requires me to be courageously honest, and I’ve found great freedom in being courageously honest. When I am doing something with one of my kids, I often...
Oct 27, 2017 | clickers, Parenting, Sporting character, sporting parents
How do you find you best learn and grow? When you think someone is being hard and harsh on you or when you are invited to have fun? Sporting parents are often moaned about, some of that moaning is well-meaning because it’s founded on a truth that sometimes...
Jun 21, 2017 | Parent, Self-esteem, Sporting character
When you think of some of the most successful sportswomen and men of our generation, it does not take long to see that many have a driven parent. Such as the Williams sisters, Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton. So is that what is needed to have successful children? To be...
Jun 14, 2017 | Parenting, Sporting character
Mum and Dad are key to any sporting success a child might have. However, parents can also create the sporting nightmare known as the ‘prima donna’! A child with a good measure of sporting talent and skill, but without the character to access sporting...
Jun 12, 2017 | Parent, Parenting, Puberty
Remember those days of trying to keep up with the latest fashion trends as a young person? The emotional turmoil of wondering if what I’m going to wear will fit in? I’m of an age which means that includes shell suits and lines shaved in the eyebrows! One...
