It is a stereotype that psychologists love asking about your childhood. It also happens to be true! In most cases, your relationship with your parents

Kids listen more than we think A little while ago, I was trying to give my little one an analogy to help explain how worry/anxiety/fear

Opinion – Olympians are only amazing because of the people behind them It is that wonderful time every 4 years when we celebrate the athleticism,

I am a new dad – my daughter is nearly 4 years old – and despite the knowledge that I have from working with parents

We are all routine driven. While many of us might like to think we are spontaneous and wild, the reality is that we frequently are

For all of us – whether we are a parent or a young person – setting boundaries is a hugely important interpersonal skill. Some of

Early on in my training to become a psychologist, we did intensive training in something called ‘micro-skills’. We were told this was fundamental to our

Let’s start with the reality – there is no right answer to this. But – and this might be controversial to say – there are

First of all – no, I’m not dropping by your house! But this is a thought exercise I often suggest to parents when thinking about

My short answer to that is – no, I don’t think so, but with a caveat. And that caveat is, when we do this flexibly.

Managing misbehaviour – either in younger children, or adolescents – is arguably, one of the most stressful aspects of parenting. The line at the start

I am very fortunate – my partner is a primary school teacher – and watching her talk our toddler through the myriad of things she

I do a lot of parent presentations and this is often a great topic of discussion between parents. For me, it really highlights the fact

The feedback I hear from parents (and I have certainly seen in my work with teens) is that they are like super-detectors for things that

If you ask a teenager what they would prefer to do on the holidays (especially if it is the end of term), most of them

The old saying is ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ – but more than ever before, we are more isolated from others (despite

You are the longest relationship your child has, and for quite some time, will ever have. That means you are also the most influential teacher

If COVID lockdowns have shown us anything, it is that there is a different pace and way of doing things. I imagine though, that many

Imagine you are being your own “character”, which represents the best version of you (lovers of role playing games will definitely get this). You have

I know it. You know it. Your kids know it. Technology is the battleground for most parenting challenges these days. And it is not surprising,

If I had to summarise what I hear from parents with regard to how to manage technology, that is pretty much the main message –

I know. Technology and parenting is hard! It is hard because most of the technology we interact with is designed to capture and hold our

This question is one of those unique-to-a-generation type dilemmas, and it is one that likely every parent will have to answer (and keep answering) with

Continuing the theme of talking through technology and young people, this post is poking at some of the issues we see with how we socialise

Nope, not right. The ability to recognise and relate to our emotions is something we work really hard to support our kids with. It is

This is such a significant transition – for your little person and for you as their parent. My (Dr Matt’s) daughter is starting primary school

And that can be very true when it comes to parenting our children when they are experiencing some big feelings. Picture it – your primary-aged

And really, that is fair enough! The amount of physical, neurological, social and emotional changes they are going through is enormous. One of the things

This post might very well get me some eye-rolls, but that’s ok. Stop making children get photos with santa if they don’t want them! I

It is nearly Christmas time! And that means…yep, you guessed it! Meltdowns! No wait, presents. No wait, presents usually lead to meltdowns. So yes, meltdowns.

We are launching our new parenting program! In 2 hours, you will learn EVERYTHING you ever need to know about parenting! All that for only

This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about since I had a child. And something I keep seeing play out in a whole bunch

Parents around Australia are gearing up for their kiddos to start, or return to school, and with that comes a whole heap of feelings –

Supporting young people and teens to manage conflict can be a really tough process. In many cases, there are going to be some really big

There is not a finite amount of awesome in this world! So why are we all so scared of spending it?! Over my life, I

Why are we so obsessed with our kids being independent? I’ve really noticed a cultural shift in the last decade towards trying to move our