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Eliza Fricker (Missing The Mark) shares her insights into the world of parenting differently. Paid subscriptions will get works in progress and brand new works.
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Me and Pete Wharmby... (opens the original)
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I’m really looking forward to being in conversation with Pete Wharmby to talk about school, neurodivergence, belonging and what happens when the education system isn’t working for a child.We’ll be having an honest conversation about the things that often get missed when we focus too heavily on attendance, behaviour and compliance.We’ll talk about what children might actually be communicating, what parents are up against, and how we can think differently about education when a child is struggling
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Last night, during our Parenting Plus session on PDA, some lovely ideas came up in the chat about those tricky moments when connection can feel almost impossible.A few things parents shared:When talking feels too much, other invitations to connect can feel more optional. One parent described rolling a ball in their child’s direction, they can roll it back, or they can choose not to. No pressure, no expectation, just an invitation.Writing little notes to siblings to thank them or apologise for a
Sterile... (opens the original)
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The other night I sat down with a teenager I know to watch a gritty police documentary.Halfway through, in a scene where the police are crowded over a laptop in their office, lanyards dangling, a half-closed, half-broken slatted blind in the background, the teenager I know turned to me and said, “It looks just like school.”I’ve thought this for many years, why must institutions all look the same? Is this deliberate? To show what they are? Places of rules, particular ways to behave.As someone who
Trust... (opens the original)
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We listen and observe.We take stock and assess.Then we plan.Emails late at night, phone calls on the dog walk.All of this is carefully done out of ear shot, out of sight.We ask others to work with us.To make adjustments, to watch and work accordingly.This is how we can make it work.And then, just like that those carefully laid blocks come tumbling down.Someone has made it obvious.Someone has said something.They’ve blown our cover.That’s blown our trust.Now we’ll have to start over again.If you’v
Tension… (opens the original)
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And then we feel bad.We should have guessed, we saw this coming.So how can we reduce the meltdowns? Reduce treading on eggshells?How can we get to know when this is all getting too much?Based around my work as an author of many books about PDA I will be hosting my thirdsession of Parenting Plus: From Survival to Connection, we will explore meltdowns, shutdowns and intense distress through the lens of the nervous system.Together, we will explore recognising the earlier signs of overwhelm, respond
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