by Jonny Matthew | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Child Devmt, Parenting
Having negotiated our way through the onset of the virus, a shortage of loo roll and home-schooling, we now have to think about getting kids back to school after being at home for more than 2 months. This bring with it all sorts of challenges, including:...
by diviadmin | Oct 29, 2017 | Child Devmt, Parenting, Practice, Youth Justice
Not many YOTs have parenting workers these days. This is unfortunate. So I asked my friend and parenting expert Kelly Cox to summarise why parenting work has a place in youth offending teams. Here’s what she said… Why is Parenting important within Youth...
by diviadmin | Aug 29, 2017 | Child Devmt, Parenting, Practice
So many interventions with troubled kids focus on behaviour. And many of them don’t work. Why is that?… It’s because the sequencing is wrong. If a bricky tried building the walls of a house before digging the foundations, it wouldn’t stand up...
by diviadmin | Nov 21, 2015 | Misc., Parenting, Practice
To be honest, I’ve found this issue a real struggle. How do you teach kids about money? As a parent I want to get it right. Yet I find myself constantly struggling to know how best to handle it. This app really helped me… I’m nowhere near out of the...
by diviadmin | Apr 26, 2015 | Child Devmt, Parenting
Children in the care and youth justice systems need help. But some are so damaged it can feel like an impossible task. So how can we help them to overcome their past?… If you’ve worked with children and young people for a while, you’ll know a bit...
by diviadmin | Feb 21, 2015 | Parenting, Practice, Teens
The best insult I ever had from a young person is far too graphic to write here. But it was brilliant! Brilliant because it eloquently focused on all the things he thought would hurt me most: my size, my accent and my job. Anyone working with troubled young people...
