How to stop your head from exploding

If you’re a parent, and you’re actually present for any part of the day, then you will have strayed into that most dangerous of places: The point where you become so frustrated, angry, and generally exasperated that you actually feel like your head will explode. Not metaphorically explode, but actually explode in a shower of gore, teeth and bone. They never tell you about that place when you go to antenatal classes, or if they did you didn’t listen, because it’s always a surprise when you actually get there...

The Real Golden Rule

The Real Golden Rule

After all these years working with all kinds of kids and families I think that managing behaviour boils down to one simple principle: Don’t make their problem your problem.

Surely it can’t be that simple I hear you say.

Actually, I think it is.