When Your Child Wants More — But You’re Not Ready to Decide
Why everyday parenting decisions feel harder than they should — and how to respond when your child wants more but you’re not ready to decide.

Why everyday parenting decisions feel harder than they should — and how to respond when your child wants more but you’re not ready to decide.

When your child refuses to leave the house and you desperately need to get out, the emotional ripple can affect your whole day. In this episode we explore the hidden parenting tension between a child’s resistance and a mum’s needs — and why calm is a skill you can practise.

Should children always wear coats? In this episode, psychotherapeutic counsellor Emma Reed explores why children experience cold, wet and puddles very differently to adults — and how understanding that difference can reduce everyday parenting conflict.

Why does something as simple as leaving the house turn into a power struggle? In this episode, psychotherapeutic counsellor Emma Reed explores the hidden dynamics behind everyday parenting flashpoints like getting dressed, transitions, and resistance — and why calm is a skill parents can learn.