School aged Archives - Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

7 Strategies for when your child accidentally finds pornography

Many experts view pornography as a public health crisis, especially because of the way that it impacts children and young people. According to the UK Office of the Children’s Commissioner, ...

How to Teach Your Child to Think About Others

When it comes to discipline, there are two schools of thought. Some parents think discipline is about punishment. They believe the best way to teach children to learn the lessons of life is ...

7 Ways to Really Listen so Your Child Shares More

Dear Dr Justin My husband and my 9 year-old son are constantly fighting. It’s little niggles here and there. But it is non stop. They are constantly talking past each other and he (my husband) ...

Why We Should Focus On Who (Not What) Our Children Become

“I’ve got a question for you”, the cab driver stated expectantly. I was on my way to give a talk about parenting. He had asked where I was going and why, and his eyes lit up when he found out ...

How To Talk To Your Children About Death

Our family recently experienced the death of three close family members or friends of the family. We would like to know what to say to our children. They all seem to be responding differently, but ...

How do I Teach my Child to do the Right Thing?

Dear Dr Justin My daughter is 5. Lately she has been acting aggressively towards other children. Today she scratched her friend on the arm so badly it bled. I scratched her back but I don’t feel ...

Say No to Naplan

NAPLAN is the $100 000 000+ test that divides the nation. At this time every year for the past five or six years, I have made public statements in opposition to the mainstream view that NAPLAN is good...

Sexting: What to do if it happens to your child

Last week a friend of mine had an awful 'sexting' incident occur with her 11 year-old daughter. Her daughter was having an innocent conversation with a boy from school via text when he asked her to ...

My 13-year-old doesn’t pick up a single thing

Most parents can relate to having a lazy teenager. And while laziness does seem to be common characteristic of teenagers, there are some things we can do to teach them responsibility and cleanliness ...

Is Homework Helpful? The Homework Letter I Send To School Each Year

A few years ago, I wrote the below homework letter to my children’s teachers. I’ve used it every year since for all of my children in primary school until they finally stopped giving it. My ...

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7 Strategies for when your child accidentally finds pornography

How to Teach Your Child to Think About Others

7 Ways to Really Listen so Your Child Shares More

Why We Should Focus On Who (Not What) Our Children Become

How To Talk To Your Children About Death

How do I Teach my Child to do the Right Thing?

Say No to Naplan

Sexting: What to do if it happens to your child

My 13-year-old doesn’t pick up a single thing

Is Homework Helpful? The Homework Letter I Send To School Each Year

9 Ways to a Resilient Child

21 Days to a Happier Family – Book

What Your Child Needs From You

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Use my 'Tech-Tix' to help set healthy screen time limits with your kids.
Stop the power struggles and help your kids develop the skills required to manage screen time responsibility.
More info