Our children

Jealousy is a complex feeling, have you ever thought about it? Try to think about the last time you were jealous. Were you able to recognize the symptoms and rationalize them? Could you express those feelings in a balanced way? It’s not that obvious, is it? Well, now you can imagine how hard it can […]

Just as handwriting gives a first psychological insight about a person, and is used by many companies in the recruitment phase, even our children’s drawings and scribbles can tell many things about them.. Do you know what to look at when your children show you their works? Here are some key points to consider when you

Parent of strong-willed children anyone ? Do you know when every silly and simple request during the day transforms into a screaming struggle? That’s how life with strong-willed children can be. I hadn’t even known there was a definition for it. “Parenting the strong-willed child. What do I do now? Is it a condition? Is

The value of discipline today Are you kidding me? Are we still talking about rules and the value of discipline?!” If the topic makes you snort and you’re about to click elsewhere, wait a second! Think about the last time someone blocked your car in the parking lot to avoid walking 10 meters more. Or

Always be true. That’s something I claim as important, or even fundamental, throughout this blog and my writings. Model honesty to your kids. Why would I declare loud and clear here that you can make an exception to this rule and lie to your kids about Santa? Many of you let their child believe in

We live in a multi-everything world, and we’re more and more connected to each-other. Yet, diversity is still an issue. Why accepting differences? Why is talking about diversity so important? And how can we teach it to our children? Here I share some thoughts about why accepting differences is so difficult to us, and yet

I don’t think I’m the only one who has to face this dilemma almost every day: how to make children eat more vegetables and less sugar and chocolate? I don’t always want to cook different dishes to satisfy everyone’s tastes. Moreover, we want to convince children to eat healthy, but do we know the effects

Did you brush your teeth? Come on, put your sweater on! And where are your shoes? Honey, but you’re 5 years old, how come you can’t get dressed on your own ?! Come on, we’re late !! Does it sound familiar? Is getting on time to work becoming an impossible mission? Then, these 5 hacks

When my kids were little, I couldn’t wait for them to talk! My eldest started quite late, and I dreamed of how it would have been nice to communicate more easily.. I was naive, I know. But how priceless when they just start shattering their thoughts around, without filters nor brakes! Because the silly things

I don’t know about you, but it happens to us sometimes that we introduce a small change in routine, we say a little innocent no, and..at our bewilderment, unexpected shouting and crying are the response from our children. And among the shouting we try to explain our rational motivations, only to see an increase in