Helping your kids to be all right

How to help kids keep calm

Experiencing frustration, disappointment, fear and jealousy is challenging, even as adults. So how can we help our tamariki understand and manage strong emotions?

How to help kids manage worries

Our tamariki mightn’t have to pay bills, cook dinners or organise carpools but just like us they face daily demands and worries, and what seems trivial to us can be important to them. So what can we do to help?

How to help kids feel good and have fun

Our tamariki need the basics of life – like food, warmth, shelter and clothing – but we ultimately want them to feel loved, secure and happy. So how can we foster their self-esteem and help them feel good?

How to help kids be grateful and kind

Being grateful and kind boosts the way we feel, and tends to make us more likeable human beings. So how can we help our tamariki learn these important skills?

How to help your kids ... sleep!

When our kids have sleep issues, it’s challenging … for everyone! But rest assured, things can improve. Here are some tips that can help.

Looking after yourself – Dads

Being a dad can be very awesome…it can also be very challenging, confusing, frustrating, tiring (insert appropriate adjective here). As such, us dads have got to look after ourselves. Why? I’m glad you asked! Answer: so we can give the best of what we have and who we are to our tamariki. How can we do this? Here are some thoughts on the matter…

Looking after yourself – mums  

As mums we often prioritise everything and everybody before ourselves. My guess is, you’re probably in one of two camps:

• looking for the quick and simple solution because you’re near wits' end
• or the other camp who stumbled across this article in disbelief. Let’s call you: ‘Are you frickin kidding me?’ Look after myself? I’m a mum!

How to help your kids with diagnoses & differences

Having a child with differences can be tricky for you and your child. This guide shares some things to try, based on the most up-to-date research.

How to talk your teen out of bad decisions

Tattoos, sex, drugs, alcohol ... this guide shares our top tips for building trust, encouraging conversation and empowering your teen to make smart choices around "the big stuff".