by Kellie Cassidy | Mar 26, 2017 | Children, Family, Featured Articles, Parenting, Relationships, Wellbeing
Whether or not you celebrate Easter in a religious sense, the extra time away from work and school create an ideal time for developing rituals and traditions for families. As Easter fast approaches I am looking forward to putting in place the much loved traditions of...
by Kellie Cassidy | Mar 12, 2017 | Children, Featured Articles, Parenting, Wellbeing
A common questioned posed to me is “how much screen time should by child have?” And my answer has always been that depends. Previously paediatricians and other regulatory bodies recommended a blanket 2 hour maximum on screen time in a day. However this recommendation...
by Kellie Cassidy | Feb 28, 2017 | Body Image, Children, Featured Articles, Parenting
Recently I was horrified to have my 7-year-old daughter tell me that her thighs were too fat and she hated them and wished that they would be smaller. I should note at this point that my daughter is built like a bean pole and it would be impossible for her thighs to...
by Kellie Cassidy | Feb 10, 2017 | Relationships, Wellbeing
Valentines Day is just around the corner. Instead of taking the day to profess your undying love and eat too many chocolates with the one you love, I invite you to undertake a task of another kind, one that will help to strengthen your relationship far more than any...
by Kellie Cassidy | Jan 29, 2017 | Anxiety, Children, Featured Articles, Parenting
A fear of change and the ‘unknown’ prompted my daughter to request a few days ahead of returning to school that she be home schooled from now on. This is despite her love of learning and all things school. Her reaction is not uncommon as we all struggle with changes...
