Building children's self-esteem​The emotional "bank account"! Building children’s self-esteem is about helping them to fill up their emotional "bank account". It’s also about helping them to recognise when they (or someone else) are “stealing” from their bank! So how...

How to build children’s confidence  People have been asking to hear my thoughts about how to build children’s confidence.  Lets begin by considering how self-confidence or loss of self-confidence occurs.  But, before we do that it’s really important to know that...

What's in my teen's mind?I often found myself scratching my head, wondering what’s in my teen’s mind. It was so difficult for me to know, mostly I was guessing.I’m sure I was way off the mark most of the time because nothing I did or said seemed to work. Later I began...

Motivating teenagers - the first steps!As parents, our aim is to help our children avoid the mistakes that we made when we were young. We want to see them develop into happy, successful adults. But motivating teenagers can be really tricky! Let’s face it, we know this...

An elusive but vital necessity! Confidence is a funny thing. Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t! We can’t smell it, we can’t touch it, but we can see it. It’s an aura that surrounds us. When we have it we “feel” unstoppable, right?It’s addictive in a good way,...

No time to waste! Recent research proves that developing children’s self-awareness can lead to improved prospects and greater happiness in adulthood. In other words, children who recognise their natural skills and talents are better equipped to achieve their...