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Grown Ups: Parenting
Discipline
Trying to deal with difficult behaviour? Check out our tips and suggestions for dealing with discipline in your family.
Legal age guidelines
We get frequent email enquiries from worried New Zealand parents wondering what the safe legal age is for their child…
More about sibling rivalry
Parenting expert Diane Levy writes about sibling rivalry and how to control the non-stop squabbling that’s common in so many…
Parenting- the big picture
As we confront the daily challenges of child behaviour, child development, discipline, and raising children in New Zealand, let us…
Self-help hypnosis
Seeking help to become a better parent? Would you like to become calmer, less guilty, more confident with, and/or more tolerant of…
Sibling rivalry
A little squabbling between siblings — brothers and/or sisters — is, in all but the most extraordinary families, inevitable. We…
Supporting your child/teen after a stressful or traumatic event
This article looks at how to support your child when they have witnessed or been caught up in distressing situations,…
Teen Parents
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