Parenting
Parenting is an aspect of life that is notorious for encountering challenging situations that may push our boundaries of what we may be used to in life. And yet parenting can equally be very fun and evolutionary for all.
We break down many of the common issues and situations encountered during parenting and share another perspective of how these experiences in the classroom of life (as Tanya Curtis terms it) can be approached.
Jul22
Why Do People Behave the Way They Do? Understanding What Sits Beneath Behaviour
“Why are they doing this?” It is a question many of us ask when someone shouts, withdraws, refuses, repeats an action, damages something or behaves ...
Jul22
What Is a Functional Behaviour Assessment, and What Actually Happens?
When behaviour is affecting safety, relationships, learning, independence or everyday life, it is understandable to want an answer—and often a quick solution. But before we ...
Jul22
Why Individualised Support Matters: The Same Diagnosis Does Not Mean the Same Needs
Two people can have the same diagnosis and experience life in completely different ways. They may communicate differently, respond to different environments, enjoy different activities, ...
Jul22
Empathy and Boundaries: How to Understand Behaviour Without Accepting Harm
Someone you care about is distressed. You can understand why.
Jul22
What to Do When Someone Is Dysregulated: Settle First, Teach Later
Someone raises their voice. They begin pacing, crying, repeating themselves, shutting down or pushing everyone away.
Jul21
What Is Empathy, and How Do We Increase Our Own Empathy?
Empathy is often described as putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. That is a helpful starting point, but it can miss something important: the shoes ...
Jul20
Toddler Tantrums: Is my child just naughty … or are they anxious?
Tantrum behaviours are often seen as a person somehow being ‘wrong’, ‘bad’, ‘contrary’ or ‘naughty’. But the truth is that all behaviour is a form ...
Jul03
Being a man – anxious much?
Anxiety is very rarely what brings a man to our clinic; generally, they present to support their children, a friend, their partneror wife. However, it ...
Jul07
Your Questions, Answered – 02
Question: How do I get my kids to stop asking for stuff all the time when we are out? Whether we are at a farm, ...
May05
Q & A With Fabic
Question: How do I handle other mothers who make me feel like a bad mum whether it be in relation to my food choices for ...
Mar03
Growing Up: Changing Parental Relationships
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 ...
Aug04
Supporting our Tweens
It might be hard to see sometimes, but at the core of our tweens is an awesome, amazing and lovable being — and not the ...
May01
Mothering or Smothering?
Mothering and smothering. Two very similar words in annunciation but, by geez by gingo, their meanings are polar opposite!
Apr30
Kids’ Parties: What Are We Teaching Our Children?
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 ...
Dec20
Tips to Support Understanding During Toilet Training
Toilet training can be so simple for some and yet can take what seems like forever to be successful in others. The key with all ...
Dec04
Nov20
The True Gift of Christmas
Christmas is well and truly coming. Some get excited, others get stressed and anxious and for others many meltdowns proceed.
Nov04
Travelling Terrors – Can We Avoid Them?
The countdown to your holiday has ended. Finally, the day has come.
May11
A Mother’s True Role
Motherhood, mum, mother and all the associated words come with many images. Images of who is a mother, what a mother should and shouldn’t do, ...
Apr28
Foods and Moods
Do foods really impact our moods? Fabic Behaviour Specialist and Counsellor Tanya Curtis looks into the correlation.Foods are used in so many ways.
Apr27
Fussy Eaters and Problem Feeders
Promoting healthy eating behaviours is vital to your child’s development. Many parents can feel stuck with what to do when their ‘fussy’ child won’t eat.
Feb12
The Parent and Child Romance
More than any game, toy, food, material possession, praise or positive reinforcement, more than anything in this world, children want to be seen and confirmed ...
Oct01
Playing By My Rules
From the outset of a baby being born we must be aware that children are easily influenced. Children of all ages including our babies and ...
Sep24
School Holidays… A Golden Opportunity
The school holidays are upon us and with them comes the myriad of holiday clinics, trips to the movies, camps and other holiday activities. But ...