Our thoughts are with the Royal Family, and everyone who is experiencing feelings of grief and loss, following the death of our Queen. She was our longest serving Monarch and a Mother, a Wife, an Aunty, a Grandmother and a Great Grandmother. Loosing such a prominent figure head may trigger feelings of previous loss or […]
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Join Us in the world of Podcasting!
We’ve done it! We’ve joined the world of podcasting to spread the positive parenting word to a wider audience. What will I hear? Each episode will include one or two members of the Sharing Parenting team chatting with Ginny about different parenting themes. We hope to highlight ‘real parenting’ issues to normalise parenting support […]
What is the difference between praise and encouragement?
We ALL need a bit of encouragement in life – and sometimes more than other times. When our confidence is low, and our self-esteem is lacking, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. So what’s the difference and why does it matter? Praise: Focuses is on the doer and achievements – in […]
Parenting Books and Podcasts for Understanding Child Development and Emotional Wellbeing
Looking for a good read? With hundreds of books on the market it is hard to know which books are any good. Here at Sharing Parenting we love a good parenting book, that gives some evidence based advice. We have put together a list of some of our favourite books and recommendations from some of […]
Newsletter for Parents and Carers
We wanted to share with you how Sharing Parenting can still support you during this time. We would love other parents to benefit from our information and support too. Sign up to our newsletter by contacting us and/or if you know anyone else who would also like to receive our newsletter please ask them to […]
Swap ‘You’ for ‘I’
https://youtu.be/wG0G8bmj8QI ‘I’ statements are a quick and easy way of communicating with people to help effective communication, especially for parents and carers with their children. If you’re speaking to your children (or actually if you’re speaking to anybody!) if you can swap the word ‘you’ to ‘I’. ‘I’ is a lot less threatening and much […]
Don’t say don’t!
Try this simple but effective positive parenting strategy to turn around challenging behaviour. So this one’s called ‘don’t say don’t’ and this was really helpful to me when my children were little. So basically if I say to you “don’t think of a rabbit, don’t think of its big ears, don’t think of its fluffy […]
How can I help my child to take responsibility?
Supporting your children to take responsibility is one of the most important tools you can give your child. Suzanne explains more here: Hi my name is Suzanne Pearson and I’m from Sharing Parenting. Today we are going to talk about choices and consequences . So when do we use choices and consequences? We usually […]
Filling YOUR jug (taking care of YOU)
Remember the age old saying ‘You can’t pour from an empty jug’? Well this applies to you too. If you ever listen to the emergency announcements before take off on a flight on an aeroplane you will notice they ask you to put your own oxygen mask on first. Have you ever wondered why this […]
Do we turn in to our Parents?
Suzanne, shared her thoughts with Mark Murphy on Radio Suffolk on 21 February 2022. You can listen here: Please let us know if you have anything you would like to add to this article. You may also be interested in: www.sharingparenting.com/2022/03/08/how-do-i-talk-to-my-children-about-ukraine/ or A Parenting Tip for Every Day Of The Month! […]
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