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Welcome to Talking Sense - your weekly parenting resource. I share practical 'scripts' for those tricky questions and research led advice from my years as a Psychologist specialising in Family and Child Behaviours.
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Your child can’t ‘just’ make friends: It’s a skill you need to teach them. (opens the original)
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If I could give every child one thing to support their mental health, confidence and resilience, not just now but for the future too, it would be a good friend.Subscribe nowResearch consistently shows that friendship is one of the biggest influences on children’s wellbeing. The quality of your friendships predicts everything from happiness and self-worth to physical health and future relationship success. And yet, we are currently living in a loneliness epidemic where young people are surrounded
Talking Sense LIVE Q&A with Dr Martha (opens the original)
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For the first time on Substack, I am answering all your questions on starting school.Thank you to paid subscribers who sent in questions and those who showed up live for the lively conversation and thought provoking questions.Subscribe nowIn this live I discuss:The difference between Separation Anxiety and Separation Anxiety DisorderThe red flags to look out for, fo… <a href="https://drmarthapsychologist.substack.com/p/talking
Reading for joy: Why it matters to your child’s brain health + The 20 books on my Forever Book List (opens the original)
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My children are 7 and 3 years old. My eldest is a good reader now and she will pick up a book and read it to herself on the sofa at the weekend. My 3 year old likes to ask us to read her a book, and she loves to sit on our lap while we do so (long may this lap cuddle last).Subscribe nowRecently, I have realised that the books that get picked up the most to read by my children are not the ones we choose to read to them at bedtime. They are the books that are often left in visible and
Is homework good for your child? What you can keep and what you need to drop... (opens the original)
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Homework was part of my childhood after school and on weekends, and by the time I was in secondary school, it took up most of my evenings. The idea of ‘decompressing’ after school was non-existent for me growing up. I rolled from school into home to do ‘homework’. It was what was expected of me, and I never knew anything different. Ever since becoming a mother, I have now started to question everything about homework. Why do we ask young children children to do hom
Laughter releases the same tension as tears: (opens the original)
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September is here and I now am a mother of 2 children who attend school. My littlest is still transitioning into preschool. On Friday last week, after spending her first 45min at preschool on her own she declared as soon as she saw me, “Mama, I LOVE school!”. My heart squeezed and… I know this feeling of excitement and delight won’t stick around forever. I know this, because the same thing happened with my eldest.Subscribe nowThe first couple of weeks were lov
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