Happy Families Podcast: Ultimate Parenting Triggers
Having triggers is a part of the human experience but can we control them? Read more
84 Per Cent of Parents Find it Hard to Be Imaginative With Their Kids, Says New Play Report
By: Laura Bennett
Watching your kids pull out the toys and race cars across the lounge room floor, or create tea parties for the dolls and dinosaurs to enjoy, is an observation of imagination. Read more
Happy Families Podcast: Teach Your Children To Love Giving
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Kylie shares a great tradition that their family does together to give to others
- Secret Sisters in the Coulson house
- Brand new science released tells us that we can actually create kids who want to give
Happy Families Podcast: When Kids Ask for Expensive Gifts
Topics discussed in this episode:
– How to avoid materialism in your children
– Don’t try to keep up with the Jones’s
– Get creative
– Plan ahead
– Change the focus
– Be an example Read more
How to Discipline Children Effectively Without Using Consequences or Punishment
Hi Dr Justin,
I’ve been reading your books and trying my hardest to follow what you say we should do. But I’m struggling with one thing. You say we should remember to discipline our children by teaching them. My question is what is the difference between acceptable consequences vs punishments. Read more
Happy Families Podcast: My Daughter Has a Boyfriend
Topics discussed in this episode: Read more
Happy Families Podcast: Christmas Conundrums
Topics discussed in this episode:
– Justin & Kylie answer some rapid fire Christmas conundrums
– Gift giving
– Gift cards vs gifts
– Buying for the extended family
– Present reveal vs letting everyone open their gifts at once Read more
60 Things I Would Tell My 16 Year Old Self
By: Sabrina Peters
When I was 16 I thought I knew everything. A few years have passed since then and I have realised I actually didn’t know everything (ha funny that right)! Read more
Delaying Sex in the Teen Years – It’s Good But Not For The Reasons You Think
Do you remember how sex-obsessed you were as a teen? Or your friends? Even if you weren’t doing it, chances are you were talking about it, asking about it, and thinking about it. Read more
Teaching Your Kids About Good Character
By: Robert Garrett
It has been said that character is ‘who you are when no one is watching’; it’s those things that we do in private, not for the praise or recognition from others, or conversely, for fear of being caught out. Read more