islandparent Archives for Dr. Allison Rees
Dr. Allison Rees
Teaching Resistance
Nagging stops children from taking initiative. This anxious micro-managing only teaches kids to dawdle and resist requests. Children want to be in charge of...
Hello Stress
When we’re under stress, we tend to become cranky and irritable. Stress, often caused by too many demands and not enough “downtime,” is one...
Hindsight is 20/20
During stressful times it is really hard to practice all those great parenting skills we have learned.Because we all have a history of some...
The Relationship Saboteur
Communication is 90 per cent body language. Our tone of voice or that look on our face can say more about how we are...
Lock Down Good Habits
Schoolwork is a kid issue, but how does that look during lockdown?We care about our kids and want to support them, but this is...
Healthy Families
People who in their childhood were unable to take control of their own lives often suffer from learned helplessness. They believe that things and...
Quit Riffin’ on Your Kid
Parents have the mistaken goal of trying to teach their children the shortcuts to becoming a high functioning adult. We have learned so much...
The Adulting Parent
If discipline means to teach, what does punishment mean? Meaning: The infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence. We don’t...
Different Kinds of Attention
Negative attention can take many forms, but one of them is allowing your child to take you away from something that is important to...
The Art of Listening
You never listen to me! Have you heard one word that I have said?We have all had the experience of being in a conversation...