JOURNEYING WITH MUMS ARTICLES
Glean from a treasure trove of parenting tips from Centre for Fathering’s expert community! These have been designed as simple reflective practices that will guide you to being a better mum, and increase the wellbeing of your children and family.

The Argumentative Teen
Imagine that the bicycle you are riding suddenly transforms into a high-powered motorbike. After recovering from the initial shock, you would be tempted to push the motorbike to its limit

Maintain An Attitude of Gratitude
There are many books out there that will help you attain better health and many others that claim to bring you the secret to happiness, as well as others on

Why Do Children Behave Badly?
Do your kids misbehave once in a while? Do you think that they will behave better if they wanted to? Dr Stuart Ablon and his team have discovered that kids

Parenting is Like a Video Game
Parents know how addictive video games can be. Kids, particularly boys, prefer to spend hours playing them than doing other more important tasks, like homework and exercise. Apart from the

Don’t Set Rules; Set Values
Teaching children good behaviour is our duty as parents. The most common method parents use to achieve this is setting rules and punishing children when they break them. However, there

How Many Rules Do You Have?
Parents, I am going to give you five seconds to answer this simple questions: How many family rules do you have currently. 5, 4. 3. 2. 1. Time’s up. If you

Your Marriage is the Key to Good Parenting
Do you still remember how you and your partner met for the first time? Do you remember your first date and how you could not wait to see each other

Positive Mental Health = Good Relationships at Home
It has been two years since the pandemic and as we moved into the endemic phase, floods of flashbacks came back with memories of circuit breaker and the evolving social

Your Child’s Meltdowns Don’t Have to Become Your Own
When my youngest child turned 4, we finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel of the much-feared “terrible twos” tantrum stage. When children are still unable to
