Behaviour Below Ground
Making sense of things by going beneath the surface.
More issues
False Red Alarms
The text message that sent Hawai’i into panic, and our own threat detection system.
Bunny Business
A Therapeutic Parent’s Quick Guide to Surviving the Easter Break.
The Dark Room
Your brain exists in the dark. When the lights are always out, the only way to survive is to keep guessing.
Excellent detectors
Every child is an earthquake detector.
When something is wrong, they know.
They walk into a room. They can feel something is up.
Maybe someone is visibly upset. A table has been knocked over. There's an atmosphere.
Detecting these vibrations is an essential skill.
It's impossible
The third mode of parenting
Permissive, Repressive, and the magic bit in between.
What's next?
Did you really think you would wake one morning and not have any problems?
Lord of the lies
In any discussion about a group of kids being left alone, it won’t be long before someone mentions ‘Lord of the Flies’.
Rubber band
This last year has left me feeling like a rubber band.
Stretched too many times. Holding far more than it was ever intended to support.
No bad years
2020. Goodbye and good riddance? Well, no.