Recently, I went along as a guest to a Thinking Moms Group in Cape Town. This lively, intelligent group of women get together once a month to talk about issues [ … ]
Children need grandparents
Marion Barends e-mailed me recently to ask some advice about her high need grandson. It got me thinking about how lucky her daughter is to have a mom who is [ … ]
Understanding your child’s eating disorder
Anorexia and bulimia are extremely complex psychiatric disorders and there are loads of different theories about what causes them and how to treat them. Inevitably, as with so many other [ … ]
Two year old turns into monster
I know a group of grannies that meet for coffee and a chat every Friday morning. Recently, they had a conversation about their precious grandchildren. Why is it, they asked [ … ]
Sleep Problems in Children
Loads of babies are notoriously bad sleepers. Meg Faure, author of a range of baby books such as Babysense and Sleepsense, offers useful tips for helping babies to get [ … ]
Toddler Discipline
how to discipline a toddler
Parenting a Sick Child
A mother of a critically ill child once said to me, Children are easy – until they get sick. Most parents are familiar with the stress of having a sick [ … ]
Needy Toddlers
Lately I’ve been getting quite a few requests for help from parents of toddlers. For example, Kerry writes about her 2 year old twin boys, Everyone talks about the challenging [ … ]
Teenage pregnancy
I was impressed and encouraged when I heard Miss South Africa 2011, Bokang Montjane, being interviewed about teen pregnancy in South Africa. Her interest and commitment to being involved in [ … ]
Does your child need therapy?
Although it has become much more popular in recent decades, play therapy has actually been around since the 1920’s. Early pioneers such as Anna Freud and Melanie Klein created models [ … ]