by Kellie Cassidy | Jun 30, 2017 | Children, Featured Articles, Parenting, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
We all face difficulties in our lives. Children are not immune to this. Building resilience in our children is vital to their future wellbeing. What is resilience? Resilience refers to a child’s ability to overcome or bounce back from anything they find challenging....
by Kellie Cassidy | Apr 30, 2017 | Children, Family, Parenting, Wellbeing
The demands of being a mother can leave little time for taking care of ourselves. We can be really good as mums at caring for everyone else and forgetting to factor ourselves into the equation. Self-care is not selfish, but as a mum it often feels this way....
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 | 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...
