‘Ten Ways to Raise a Happier Child.’ ‘The One Thing you can do to Anxiety Proof Your Child.’ ‘How to Raise a Mentally Strong Child.’ The titles of these articles ring in my head. I know I shouldn’t click, I know it will push my buttons. But I do it anyway. I click and I […]

I hate anxiety. I know your mother probably told you that ‘hate is a strong word’. She might have even looked disapprovingly when you used it. But I don’t care. I know it’s not helpful to hate it, but I do. I hate my child’s anxiety. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it! […]

When she was little my child was a classic ‘picky eater.’ At around two and a half years old she suddenly started ‘going off’ food she’d previously eaten, so did her sister, and her little brother at the same age. All of a sudden the children who used to eat a huge variety of healthy […]