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Why I Now Believe in a Social Media Ban for Under-16s
For years, I believed bans were the wrong response to the complex problems. Especially when it came to children and technology. I’ve always argued

It Has To Start With You
“How can I help my child be more confident? They are constantly putting themselves down and I just don’t know what to do”. This

Why I didn’t set any New Years Resolutions this year
I love New Years Eve; it is quite genuinely my most favourite day of the year. For me it’s all about reflecting on the

The millstone of parental Guilt by Joanna Lloyd-Baker
Guilt is a strange beast. I see it frequently in my counselling room, and recognise it in my own personal makeup but parental guilt

The power of numbers; why group coaching helps children with anxiety
I’ve been running online children’s workshops for the first time this past week on key topics parents often tell me their children struggle with;

Building resilient families; what can we learn from this new normal?
I am an eternal optimist; ask my children, they find it really quite irritating. I am always telling them to focus on what the

Siblings; the big, bad, ugly truth of how we get in the way
It starts off innocently enough. There’s a small disagreement, voices become raised, there’s shouting, then screaming, and one of your children races to find





