You’re a lousy parent! 5-step recipe
“I’m a crappy parent” along with “my kid has a problem” are at the top of the biggest worries of parenthood when everyone is asleep. By the fifth parenting book, …
November is the month of self-confidence
November is all about self-confidence with the Self-esteem workshop on 16.11 and Emotional Intelligence on 30.11. High self-esteem is characterised by being happy with who we are. People with high …
Kids have superpowers and now they know how to activate them
At the end of the holidays and the beginning of the school year more than 30,000 children and parents trained at the Itsy Bitsy Superheroes School in the Children’s World …
Do you want me to leave the room so you can change?
Yesterday was a day I’ll probably remember for a long time. I was sitting in Vlad’s room waiting for him to finish showering. He was in the shower longer than …
How do we teach children about voting?
Any interactionwith children can be a good opportunity to lay the foundations for healthy and useful thinking for the future. And especially ethical. In the context of organising the end …
Mommy, I’m sorry I’m so unhappy
Last week I had the opportunity to give an interview aboutself-esteem in children. What is self-esteem? Confidence in one’s own strengths, which is mostly related to body confidence.Did you know …
Help your child have a higher self-esteem in 11 steps
A child’s success in play, school or sport is directly related to how a child thinks about himself, what he thinks he can and can’t do, what he has the …
Responsibility, consequences and the need for affection in children
Today was a morning of strong emotions, time pressure and a pre-teen angry at himself for not being more responsible.It all started yesterday when, despite my reminding him several times, …
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Often when I see that other kids read better and more books than Vlad, speak better German or do better in math, I find it very hard not to compare …