Does navigating your child’s school feel overwhelming? You’re not alone. Here’s exactly who to talk to and how to make every conversation count. Every Term 2, a familiar conversation happens in our Northern Beaches community. Parents open their...
Do your children struggle to transition between activities? Are they too young to understand terms like ‘soon’, ‘later’ and ‘in a minute’? Do they fight about whose turn it is, or argue about how much longer they need to spend completing a task you’ve asked of them?...
Signs of anxiety in children are often easy to miss because anxiety does not always look like fear. Many parents expect an anxious child to seem obviously worried, clingy or upset. Sometimes that is true. But just as often, anxiety shows up in ways that are much...
Anxiety in children can make everyday life feel far more threatening than it looks from the outside. In his book, About Your Child’s Mental Health, developmental paediatrician Dr Billy Garvey uses the image of a leopard in the jungle to explain what anxiety can feel...
If your child is bright, capable and full of good ideas, but reading, spelling and writing still seem much harder than they should, you may already be wondering whether dyslexia could be part of the picture. For many families, this question does not come up in the...
