15-Minute Parenting.

In this episode Joanna responds to questions from parents about how to handle their toddlers' behaviour in the lead up to a new baby coming home.  Joanna takes us into the mind of the toddler so that we can empathically feel how they experience this huge change in their young lives and gives us practical tips and tools to ease the transition for all

Joanna gives us practical tips and tools for getting back to school ready with an emphasis on preparing our younger children for big school in a mask wearing environment. Joanna also mentions how our teens still need our support as they (re)adjust back into the school environment.

What do you do when your capable child takes a step backwards behaviourally?  What about when your "big child" starts behaving like a "little child" again? Joanna responds to listeners questions about behavioural regression in children and how this regression typically goes hand-in-hand with progression

As our societies (re)open Joanna responds to rising queries from parents about social anxiety in their children.  What do we do when social engagement has become the source for anxiety?  Joanna talks us through practical ways to soothe the socially anxious child

What is a family holiday all about for you?  Did you know that the change of environment, increased time together as  afamily can support your child's brain development? Joanna talks us through how to structure our family holidays to ensure that play, flexibility and fun are at the centre of our holidays this summer

Joanna answers a listeners question about their 11 year olds behaviour on social media by giving us insight as to why it is so hard for this age group to self-regulate on these platforms and providing us with some practical tips to gradually introduce social media to our children in a more structured and supportive way when that time is right.

Joanna helps us to better understand the healthy (albeit challenging) role that ego-centrism plays in our pre-adolescents behaviour and how we can reflect and respond to these behaviour patterns rather than getting pulled into the dynamic in a reactive way.

Joanna answers a question from a listener that came in after last weeks episode on sensitive children to help us think about the "self-holding" child, that is the child who finds it difficult to share their emotional experiences with others and tends to hold onto them in an attempt to work it out on their own rather than reaching out to others for help with it.

Joanna explains what it is like to feel the world in such a deep way and how emotional sensitivity can amplify our emotional states.  She provides us with practical ways to parent our emotionally sensitive children in an attuned way that values sensitivity for the emotional super-power it can be.

Joanna talks about self-esteem in our children and teenagers and how we can practically parent with esteem.  She draws on research conducted by the Dove Self esteem Project in Ireland as she highlights where we are with self-esteem and how we can practically address the issue as a matter of priority