Your daughter may start her life as a bold, brave tomboy, as a shy, sensitive soul or as a dancing princess. As she grows she may well be all of these and more. As she explores her potential, her enthusiasms and her capabilities, how will you help her value herself for who she is rather than who she thinks she ought to be?
To acquire the self esteem that is essential for her emotional health and success she needs your guidance to discover her strengths, whether they are academic or sporting, social or emotional. She needs your help to deal with the inevitable disappointments and failures. She needs your encouragement to take risks so she can become brave, resilient and realistic.
Q. My daughter is prone to losing items (some of high value) – how can I help her remember to check that she has the items when she leaves home or school or other places. She is 14 and I feel she should be more resp...
Q. Since starting senior school in September, my daughter has already started asking to go on solo trips to the shops or funfair and other activities with her friends. I think she is still too young but other parents are ...
Q. My relationship with my 9 year old daughter is rapidly deteriorating. I find myself losing my temper with her daily. At school she is the model child, she shows respect to others, is kind, considerate, polite and helpf...
Q. I am having great difficulty in letting go of control in respect of my nearly 17 year old daughter. She has finished her GCSE’s and is now in the frame of mind “that this is her time now, until she goes to...
Q. My 15 year old daughter wants more freedom and for me to allow her out more with her friends, she accuses me of being too over protective. I am afraid that she is still quite immature for her age and won’t be able to...
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