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June 04th, 2010  

Parent Contradicts

by Val Mullally

Parent Contradicts
What effect does it have on children when they receive conflicting messages?

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Keywords: mixed messages • parent contradicts • Raising Our Children Raising Ourselves • self esteem

May 14th, 2010  

Get my kids to listen, How?

by Val Mullally

Anita Renfroe’s exaggeration in the 'Mum Song' is glorious.
If we were to record our morning serenade would we hear a similar monologue?

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Keywords: acting responsibly • child • home atmosphere • Kline Nancy • listening • Nancy Kline

April 27th, 2010  

Supermum – What children need?

by Val Mullally

Supermum runs round doing everything for this child. Imagine this same child on her first day at school. Where’s Mummy?

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Keywords: competence • competent children • confidence • confident children • love • loving • overfunctioning • overfunctioning parent • starting school • supermum

April 22nd, 2010  

For crying out loud! A mother’s view

by Val Mullally

Today in ‘The Guardian’ Zoe Williams’ is fed up with the clashes of parenting 'gurus'. Parenting is tough enough without this type of “'dagger-on-a thread' hectoring”. Here’s my different, and potentially more helpful perspective.

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Keywords: coaching • contuition • contuitive parenting • good parenting • intuition • neuroscience • parent as expert • parenting • parenting gurus • should