Category Archives: Healthy

Having an AI  Co-Parent is a tempting proposition.  Every parent needs a helping hand but technology brings positives and negatives. Give you child a tablet and they will play on it while more traditional toys gather dust. Technology would have us Read more...

Why the “Traditional Village” Disappeared (and Why You Need a New One). The traditional village has disappeared and many parents face how to rebuild their parenting village.  This is ironic as in the era of hyper-connectivity, many paren Read more...

Understanding Parental Self-Judgment. Why We’re Our Own Toughest Critics: At CosyChats, we know that being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Yet, so many of us spend our days (and late nights) replaying every “mistake” w Read more...

Why being heard and understood is so important as a parent 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’ afte 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...

Are teenagers safe ‘living’ their lives on-line? Are teenagers safe, a question every generation of parents has asked for different reasons but this generation faces a new threat. My daughter exists in the real world. I see her and she in Read more...

Is Your child a picky eater? Mine was and still is but read what took away the stress and guilt for us as parents and helped my daughter eat more. How I Turned Mealtimes from Stressful to Blissful As I scraped yet another full dinner into the bin I f Read more...

Why Are We Bickering So Much? You promised yourselves you’d never argue in front of the kids, but suddenly you’re bickering about little things and your children’s ears are picking up every word. Do We FIGHT More As PARENTS Now Than Before Read more...

  What are the dangers of mobile phones and social media for kids. Parents need to understand this question and answer before they can decide what age their child needs to be have a mobile phone. This isn’t easy and as parents we’ve Read more...

Is it ever right to use violence and hit children? If this is a question you’ve asked yourself then keep reading. On recent edition of a prominent US chat show the host advocated parents to “spank your kid’s a**” instead of being letting Read more...