How do I get my kids to stop asking for stuff all the time when we are out? Whether we are at a farm, a grocery store, t-shirt shop they are continually telling me “I want...”. It drives me crazy!

How do I get my kids to stop asking for stuff all the time when we are out? Whether we are at a farm, a grocery store, t-shirt shop they are continually telling me “I want...”. It drives me crazy!

My best friend’s child is mean to mine and it’s affecting our friendship. We’ve been friends since high school and I don’t want our kids to be the reason our friendship fails after all these years.

Fabic Behaviour Specialist answers two commonly asked questions held by most mothers and fathers:

- How do I handle other mothers who make me feel like a bad mum whether it be in relation to my food choices for my kids, their school, my fashion choices/appearance etc?

- How do I carry on a friendship with someone whose parenting ideals are so different to mine and my husbands?

Dear Tanya: My daughter rarely competes in any events as she has the mindset that she will be no good and fail - how can I get her to have a go and know it’s ok to? My son is a very competitive person - whether it’s extra-curricular sport or even just around home doing chores and playing with his sister. I’m wondering if this is a good/bad behaviour and whether it needs addressing?

Children tend to grow quickly from their cute toddler stage into young children, teens and beyond. As they develop, our way of being with them requires constant evaluating and modifying as we adapt to their altering requirements.

What if every-day was worth celebrating … celebrating you?

Parties can be lots of fun – there is no doubt about that, but parties are often saved for that so called special occasion.

But what if every day is worth celebrating … what if every day we celebrated you?

Too often we live in a way that lives for that ‘special day’ … today we will celebrate Jim because today is Jim’s birthday.

What is love? This is quite a valid question this month as we go about flaunting our love for another on Valentine’s day. But do we really know what it means?

He loves me, she loves me not? As a young child, teenager or even adult, how often have we asked ourselves, “Do they really love me?”. We ask this of our current, past and possible future partners. We ask it of our children, parents, friends, siblings, family and really just about anyone.

Christmas is just around the corner …
for many this is a very stressful time – but why?

Christmas is a word that comes with many MANY pictures of the way life should be.

Pictures are simply the images we are fed about the way we expect life to be … our needs, wants, expectations and our ATTACHMENTS.

We all have pictures all-day, every-day. We may have pictures about:

Introducing the Body Life Skills

The Body Life Skills series is a simple and practical, yet very effective 3-step program based on understanding and changing behaviour that supports LASTING behaviour change for any person.