The three small magic words that will transform your parenting success are:Creative, flexible and imaginative - and the beauty is that they are virtually interchangeable!If you are creative, you can think of alternative and different ways to work around your family ups and downs and problems and these new ways always work with your own skills and they naturally feel right and reflect your values.If you are flexible, you are able and willing to change and modify your plans and your behaviour as you just adjust to new circumstances and needs easily.If you are imaginative, you use the power of your imagination to see how you’d like things to look and you focus on making them happen in your family relationships through constantly visualising successful outcomes for everyone.The key to all three words is your willingness to experiment, be curious and to be ready for having a go with new approaches and fresh solutions. If you have these qualities, you will bend and not break when challenges arise.It’s like being grounded, firm, secure, anchored and tethered to the ground like the roots of a very old wise oak tree so when a storm comes the tree bends in the fierce […]

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“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting momentBenjamin Franklin 1706-1790, Scientist, Publisher and DiplomatDo you feel like you’re always wading knee-deep through your teenager’s piles of discarded clothes, dirty glasses, crisp packets and magazines?Does it drive you mad to see the constant mess in your teenager’s bedroom and if you do go and tidy it up do you find that instead of being thankful, your teenager is actually annoyed that their personal space has been invaded!Well, you’re not alone!Nagging and harassing your teenager about their untidy bedroom, is exhausting, stressful and generally doesn’t work!I know it’s tough to see your once beautifully decorated, tidy and organised delightful child’s room untidy, dishevelled and a tip but it’s not life threatening. Learn to take a deep breath and press your imaginary pause button and think - “Is this remark or argument going to bring me closer to my teenager or further away long term in our relationship?” It helps you to step back from the immediate scenario. Then forget about the mess, close the door and save your breath for more important arguments […]

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