Why Be You Team
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Parenting Fitness
Did anyone tell us that parenting needs us to have a certain kind of fitness? Nope – well let’s talk about the elephant in the room now…
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Rome wasn't built in a day!
Just because we have made a decision things need to change, we think everyone should be on board with us right? Not quite...
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 21
- 2 min
What is 'discipline' in family life?
Discipline in family life is a challenging topic. How do we navigate discipline in this tricky world?
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Sitting back and observing
To observe or dive into being a family at war is always a choice. What choice will you make?
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Backing each other
Have you considered the most intense criticism lies in families? How would it be if we stopped this abusive pattern and backed each other?
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Arguments and Comfortable Intensity
Have you ever been in an argument where things have been said and the atmosphere is thick as treacle? Welcome to comfortable intensity...
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Trying to be 'liked' as parents
How much do we want our children to like us? Wanting our children to like us can lead to complications and trouble with a capital 'T'
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Why Be You Team
- Aug 14, 2021
- 2 min
Why do I feel scared of my child?
It is time to talk about child to parent abuse. It is an increasingly common thread yet abuse does not need to be a lodger in our home.
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Why Be You Team
- Aug 7, 2021
- 3 min
How well do we hide our challenges?
Our kids see far more than we expect them to, and are far more equipped to handle it than we give them credit for. So, why pretend?
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Why Be You Team
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
Addictions - same same but different
Addictions come in a huge variety of styles and flavour’s but all have the same devastating impact on our lives
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Why Be You Team
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
Playfulness in Parenting
You may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business... so how do we bring a little playfulness into our connection?
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Why Be You Team
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Saying 'No' to bullying
Saying no to bullying is a skill we all want for our children and for ourselves. Let’s look at what ‘feeds’ the bully in the first place.
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Why Be You Team
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Challenging 'boys don't cry'
We may not tell boys explicitly, but with all our actions they learn what is acceptable and what is not from what we model.
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Why Be You Team
- Jun 27, 2020
- 8 min
Discussing periods
Getting our period is as natural as breathing, so why do we make it something separate that needs its own special moment?
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Why Be You Team
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
What do our children see?
Do we ever wonder what it is that our children see when they look at us?
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Why Be You Team
- May 29, 2020
- 3 min
Boys, fitting in, and pack energy
‘Fitting in’ is an unspoken directive that to survive they have to toughen up yet where does this lead? Pack energy doesn’t ‘just happen’...
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Why Be You Team
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
Helpful advice, or criticism?
We are often not aware of criticism when it comes out of our mouths or is communicated through our movements.
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Why Be You Team
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Looking for what's wrong
We fall into a pattern of looking for what’s wrong instead of appreciating the amazing people in our lives.
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Why Be You Team
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Giving in to bad behaviour
When we give in to bad behaviour, are we saying ‘If you act up, I will reward you’
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
Rules, standards and boundaries
Are rules ways of controlling what would otherwise be a wayward child could there a better approach using standards and boundaries?
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Why Be You Team
- Jan 29, 2020
- 2 min
Boundaries and Reactions
Boundaries are needed to learn about responsibility, decency and respect in families. Read more…
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Why Be You Team
- Dec 29, 2019
- 3 min
Chores
Chores are not cheap labour. We are training our children to be independent so it is our job to share how to look after themselves.
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Why Be You Team
- Nov 29, 2019
- 4 min
Honesty, Trust and truth in families
Honesty, trust and truth in families starts with US. How honest are we being with each other?
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