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Victoria Maus and Lesley Gould are now friends 3 years, 2 months ago
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Diana Gooch-Caldwell and Lesley Gould are now friends 3 years, 2 months ago
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Cleo Webster and Lesley Gould are now friends 3 years, 2 months ago
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Lesley Gould started the topic Separation Anxiety Post Lockdown in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi f=llow parents,
I am looking for some advice. Lots of parents here in Scotland (me included!) are starting to get anxious about leaving our children again who will re-start school in 3 weeks after having been off since March. For context, we were supposed to go back part time and have half the time in school and half at home and a lot of…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic 4 year old intense clingyness this week in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 2 months ago
Hi Genevieve @peacefulparent and meg @mrodney. Thank you both for your fab replies! Apols I am only getting around to replying now, it has been a busy week and I have been trying to limit my screen time when I am around Esme so it has been hard to reply! She is watching games on her IPad at the moment so I thought I would take the chance to…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould started the topic 4 year old intense clingyness this week in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 3 months ago
Hi all,
I am having a very intense week with our youngest daughter this week who is 4. She has been crying really hard whenever she leaves me e.g. when she is with her childminder, our live in au pair (who lives with us to mainly help out with her elder daughter who is disabled), with my Mum and Dad who she usually adores and stays with no…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Module 6 Step by Step Course in the forum eCourse Participants 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi all, thank you for your replies, it all makes a lot of sense! I am trying so hard this week, since starting Module 6, to really try to connect before we do anything. I find transitions the hardest when I need to get to work as I think the kids pick up on the fact I am stressed too (as I really need to be somewhere) and it makes them more unable…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Module 6 Step by Step Course in the forum eCourse Participants 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi Tabitha
I have just finished Module 5 and am away to start Module 6 soon. I am really hoping it helps with my understanding of how best I can deal with situations when I feel my kids are testing the boundaries!
I.e. yesterday, I was sorting out washing in Esme’s room and folding clothes on her bed. I had them in neat piles to put away and…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Meltdown from 4 year old after nursery today in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Thank you Genevieve, that makes a lot of sense. I am really going to try and centre myself when I get upset too. It was and is really hard to hear Esme say that but I totally get your explanations! Really helpful. Thank you. Lots for me to think about and work on xx
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Meltdown from 4 year old after nursery today in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Thank you Meg, that really helped!
Today I sat down with Esme and her toy cat Mog and Mog’s friend and I said “Esme, Mog is sad, her friend pulled her hair. How do you think that made her feel?” To which Esme said “Don’t be silly Mummy, Mog can’t speak!” ha ha ha. It made us both laugh.
So I then cut to the chase and said “Yesterday, when…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Meltdown from 4 year old after nursery today in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
And yes Tabitha Hannah does like her quiet time but annoyingly we live in a 3 story town house and her bedroom is on the top floor so after school we generally all have snack together downstairs after school then Hannah will go to her room and watch her iPad for 30/40 mins while I cook dinner then she comes back down and we have dinner then…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Meltdown from 4 year old after nursery today in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi Tabitha and Genevieve Thank you so much for your replies! Tabitha your thoughts are really useful! I have Esme on my own on Thursday and Friday mornings (on Monday mornings she is with her childminder and on Tuesday mornings she is with our live in au pair (well, kind of aupair but she only works 10 hours a week – long story) and on Wednesday…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould started the topic Meltdown from 4 year old after nursery today in the forum General forum for peaceful parenting related questions and discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
So, today (like every day) I picked up my 8 year old daughter from school then we went to collect my 4 year old from the school nursery which is next door – My 4 year old goes there every afternoon from 12.30pm – 3.30pm. In the foyer of the nursery, my 8 year old (who has a learning disability) pulled her sister’s hair as she was getting stressed…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould joined the group Village Green General Forum 4 years, 5 months ago
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Lesley Gould replied to the topic Walking to school with 2 children who struggle with meltdowns in the forum eCourse Participants 4 years, 6 months ago
Hi Katherine!
Thank you! I love love love your ideas! Thank you for taking time to craft such a thorough and helpful reply. I am going to really think about all of your ideas and try and implement them from tomorrow (especially the keeping all of the “to do’s” like brushing teeth, shoes on etc playful as its when its time to do these things with…[Read more]
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Seonaid Lyons and Lesley Gould are now friends 4 years, 6 months ago
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Lesley Gould started the topic Walking to school with 2 children who struggle with meltdowns in the forum eCourse Participants 4 years, 6 months ago
Hi, I tried to complete a scenario question in Module 2 regarding a recurring challenge I have with Getting both my girls (Hannah 8 & Esme 4) to walk the short distance to school together peacefully with no meltdowns in the morning.Hannah has a disability and gets frustrated easily, which also sets Esme off into meltdown mode too when Hannah has…[Read more]
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Lesley Gould joined the group Main eCourses forum 4 years, 7 months ago
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Kelly Nelson and Lesley Gould are now friends 4 years, 7 months ago
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Genevieve Simperingham and Lesley Gould are now friends 4 years, 7 months ago
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