About a chair, a ball and a sinker...

This is an article I wrote for a school in response to the challenges faced by modern parents attempting to discipline their children.  Often their failure's and frustrations are as a result of simple approaches that when changed can lead to dramatic changes and success as a parent in a challenging world... So what kind of parent are you - a chair, a ball or a sinker... or all three?

Raising children is possibly the hardest job available, made even more difficult with the pressures and influences of modern society.  Parents face immense stress, with financial and time scheduling difficulties weighing heavily on them.  So often disciplining their children becomes the last thing that they want to have to do, often letting the boundaries slide as a result of their own exhaustion and just not having the energy to fight with a demanding, and strong-willed child.  So here are three illustrations of where things tend to go wrong, and the impact it has on the children as a result:

It's Not All Black and White...

It’s not all black and white…

I have been struggling for a while to find the right way to start this journey that I have called ‘Tomorrow’s Seeds’, and have been juggling a number of challenging ideas in my head over the last few weeks.  So rather I thought that I would dive straight into things by challenging myself with identifying what I currently could call the greatest lesson I have learnt in my work with people thus far.  But this has proven no easy task in a world where I am constantly challenged by the complexities of life and the people I have the privilege to work with.  It’s thinking about these very challenges that has lead me to get Tomorrow’s Seeds off the ground, as well as answering my initial question…