My husband and I disagree over the kids’ rooms. I want their rooms to stay neat/clean. My husband doesn’t care and therefore he won’t help me manage them. How do we find a happy middle ground?
Are computer games like “Fortnite” bad for my kids? We sometimes use iPad time as an incentive for good behaviour. What are your recommendations on how much time I should allow my child to play these types of games every day?
Sometimes I feel that being proud of my child is somewhat taboo when speaking to other parents? Shouldn’t we all be encouraging our kids to try their best and celebrate their achievements?
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.
How do you handle not feeling like a 'bad mum' when comparing your parenting choices with other mums? Or how can a friendship/relationship last when your parenting ideals differ markedly? Tanya Curtis puts the answer very straight and simple. There simply is no right or wrong.
Competition is one of the most harming characteristics that exists in today’s population. Competition? Harming? But why, you ask?
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 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?
Christmas is just around the corner and for many, this is a very stressful time. But why?
Fabic’s ‘Body Life Skills series’ is based on understanding and changing behaviour to support lasting behaviour change. Here’s how...
Mental illness is typically associated with those who have a diagnosed clinical disorder. But is there better terminology and better understanding?
In the confines of a clinic, many men and fathers report feelings of anxiety on a regular basis according to Tanya at Fabic.
The tween years provide meltdowns for many and anxiety all round - but why is this so?
Learning is often associated with the traditional classroom, school and education facilities. But learning goes far beyond the classroom.
As the end of the financial year draws near there can be an anxiety, even panic as many go into the process of getting all their financial affairs completed by June 30
Mothering and smothering. Two very similar words in annunciation but, by geez by gingo, their meanings are polar opposite!
Parties can be filled with giggles, excitement and create many happy memories. On the other hand, parties can be filled with many opportunities for life lessons to be learned.
We often limit learning to a classroom, school or learning institute. But what if every moment of every single day is an opportunity to teach and learn? What if life is really one ginormous classroom?
2017 is here and so we begin another cycle around the sun. Fabic’s behaviour specialist and counsellor Tanya Curtis wants to know how ‘new’ your ‘new year’ will really be?
Toilet training can be so simple for some and yet can take what seems like forever to be successful in others.
School holidays are here. “Yippee!” Say some parents. “Omg!” Say many others as they start counting the sleeps until school goes back. Why the contrast?
Christmas is well-and-truly coming. Some get excited, others get stressed and anxious and for others many meltdowns proceed. But why the stress? Why the angst? Why the meltdowns?
The countdown to your holiday has ended. Finally, the day has come. Everyone appears excited as we prepare for the new places to visit, new people to meet, new adventures to explore and lots of new, new, new. But soon, the inevitable. The meltdown of all meltdowns. But why?
Coming into spring, it is all too common to spring clean your room, your house, your garden, your wardrobe etc. But have you ever considered spring cleaning your own behaviour patterns?
Fabic Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis explores the possibility of parties being part of the classroom of life.
When we watch the news, read the paper, talk to a neighbour or a man down the street, it is apparent that schools are experiencing a significant rise in behaviour issues.
Perfectionism is simply an image we create of how we expect something to happen.
When these expectations aren't met exactly as expected anxiety can be truggered, which leads to unwanted behaviours.
What do you think of winter? Do you love the season and look forward to it, or do you flat out loathe it? Tanya Curtis looks at the impact of winter on our mental health and provides five ways to keep the winter blues at bay.
Motherhood, mum, mother and all the associated words come with many images. Fabic Behaviour Specialist and Counsellor Tanya Curtis reveals more about the harm of these images and what a mother’s role is truly all about.