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How parents can feel shut down and left without a voice Being heard and understood is vitally important for parents.  Let us give you an example.  A parent on CosyChats shared her mother in law saying ‘well you wanted the child’ after s Read more...

Inherited Parenting: What to Keep, What to Let Go, What to Improve. Inherited Parenting “Parenting how you were parented?” Its natural and just happens before we realise it. As parents – it happens, even to the best of us. That moment you d Read more...

Is My Child Really Too Anxious to Go to School Children’s welfare and anxiety support. Signs of anxiety in primary school children? Is My Child Too Anxious to go to School? This was the question I asked myself this week.  It hadn’t b Read more...

School Struggles? How to Advocate for Your Child Without the Drama How the Parent – School Conflict Happens .   Avoiding a parent – school conflict. A parent- school relationship can quickly break down.  A parent (we’ll call her paren Read more...

Parental Loneliness is real even surrounded by friends and family. Parenthood is often described as one of the most rewarding journeys a person can take. Yet, there is a silent side to it that many are afraid to voice: the deep, overwhelming loneline Read more...

Why I chose CosyChats.com.  What is Cosychats? A groundbreaking and innovative new service, run for parents, by parents, Cosychats.com is a new online support service website for families. Created from the ground up to be a safe space for parents, b Read more...

Parenting Teens Through Independence means staying close while giving space: The only thing that stays constant about being a parent is change. Parenting Stages. Now, when other parents tell me about difficulties with newborns, toddlers and older ch Read more...

Children grow into teenagers and boundaries and disciplines that used to apply now don’t work and can create conflict. Teenage children can be difficult to raise and support.  On one side they are becoming adults and you need to faster indepen Read more...

I can’t remember which came first, Mate or Bruv or when mate became routine. Or when mum and dad went out the window. FORCING Your Child to Follow YOUR Dreams Not Theirs? I can remember thinking don’t be that parent that picks them up on Read more...

Staying Calm: First Steps After Finding Your Child Vapes  Finding out that your teen or young child has been vaping is always going to be a shock and provoke some strong emotions in a parent.  Reacting with anger and frustration though may only mak Read more...