Teen Moods - What Can We Do? a blog by Shelley Carppe

Thoughts Are Like Items on a Menu! 🍔🥗🍕 Just like when they're ordering food at a restaurant, your teens can choose what thoughts they want to "order" from their mental menu. Imagine their minds as a menu filled with various thoughts and emotions. They have the power to pick and choose which ones to "taste" and savor. 

I'll Take The Win ... a blog by Shelley Carppe

It's not sport, it's harder. It's parenting. The baby years, the toddler years, the primary school years, intermediate, high school. The teens. It's hard. 

Today, I'm taking the win.

Listening, Loving, and Loss ... A Blog By Shelley Carppe

Listening. It's important for so many reasons, not just in our relationships with our teens but with everyone in our lives.  It's not always easy to actively listen - life throws many distractions in our way and our "To Do" lists get longer and longer. Here's some reminders of why it's so important ...

The Ultimate Solution To Sibling Rivalry ... a blog by Shelley Carppe

Is sibling rivalry driving you to distraction? Are you looking for the ultimate solution - well look no further! Here is the answer - and if it's not one that works for you, read on for more ideas and strategies that will help not only your adolescents to navigate their own rivalries, but build skills to help with future relationships too.

Lockdown - From Limo to Lada ... a blog by Shelley Carppe

Lockdown. It's a different beast for everyone. It's something, all going well, we will sit down with our children's children and talk about. It's our generations version of The Great Depression, or The Second World War, although thankfully for most of us with far less personal tragedy. It's something we never really thought we'd face, and yet face it we have, and will likely do so again. For my family, our lockdown experiences have been quite different, between 2020 and 2021.

Reflecting On Resilience ... blog by Shelley Carppe

I'm an optimist. You will mostly see me searching for silver linings, finding the message in the madness, laughing at my troubles, and drinking from a cup half full. I preach and teach the importance of raising resilient kids - that life will knock them down, that's normal, and they need to have the strength and skills to get back up again. Well I've had to practice what I preach in the last ten days, as I've been visiting and caring for my Mum, whose health is declining and will continue to do so......