Keith from Rehab Recovery, a website he founded himself, to help bring together people who’ve been affected by addiction and mental health issues, shared this with us: Many of our members have been negatively impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, and we can’t really see many publications talking about the mental health aspect of the crisis. To remedy […]
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Emergency Contacts December 2022 & 2023
Local Emergency Numbers Fire, Police or Ambulance Emergency call 999 For non emergency Police Call 101 Feeling unwell? Your local pharmacist can provide advice on most health issues. If your GP surgery is closed, call 111 (the NHS free number) or visit www.nhs.uk to help you find the right service out of hours. Call 999 for serious […]
How to talk to children about the death of the Queen
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 […]
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. Our Podcasts are called Sharing Parenting Podcasts for REAL parents. 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 […]
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 […]
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