Parenting is not just about looking after our children, it is about how we look after ourselves and our relationships in the family...

If you missed Kids Matter speaking to Cinnmon Network about how churches can support families, parents and children during lockdown, CLICK ON THE POST for an introduction and link to the webinar!

Loving people in the way they need to be loved, not the way YOU need to be loved, makes all the difference.

If our children think they are all we have, and that they are responsible for how happy we are, then they will be unable to leave, be independent and flourish in the world.

Lockdown life has placed some serious limitations on our ability to purchase/receive resources to keep our children busy but there are still things we can do and games we can play to put a positive spin on confinement.

The question that we were asking pre-COVID remains, only with increased urgency: in theses extraordinary times, whose job is it to support the children and families who are in desperate need?

The reality is that cyber predators will take the opportunity to capitalise on the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensuring the safety of our children is imperative.

The idea is to avert your attention away from what is stressing you and focus in on your physical environment to help calm your fear centre in the brain.

Did you know our most memorable memories are those that were the best and/or worst moments of a day and how an activity or day ends? Not its length!