Muscle relaxation techniques for stress relief
Getting your body to relax physically is a great way to feel calmer and less tense. Here is how you can use muscle relaxation techniques for stress relief.
Getting your body to relax physically is a great way to feel calmer and less tense. Here is how you can use muscle relaxation techniques for stress relief.
Relaxation techniques: breathing exercises
Need to relax, calm down or manage your emotions? Sometimes it is as simple as relaxing your breathing. Learning how to do breathing exercises is useful because many relaxation techniques include breathing exercises.
Need to relax, calm down or manage your emotions? Sometimes it is as simple as relaxing your breathing. Learning how to do breathing exercises is useful because many relaxation techniques include breathing exercises.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is paying attention to what is happening right now, moment by moment. Mindfulness can boost emotional and physical wellbeing, and help with stress, anxiety and depression. Mindfulness can help children handle the stress of study, work and play as they get older.
Mindfulness is paying attention to what is happening right now, moment by moment. Mindfulness can boost emotional and physical wellbeing, and help with stress, anxiety and depression. Mindfulness can help children handle the stress of study, work and play as they get older.
Postnatal depression and your partner: how to help
Watch for signs of postnatal depression in your partner, including changes in your partner’s emotions, thinking or behaviour. If your partner gets early professional help for postnatal depression (PND), it can mean a quicker recovery. Support your partner by sharing baby care and housework, listening to your partner and keeping her company. Look after yourself too.
Watch for signs of postnatal depression in your partner, including changes in your partner’s emotions, thinking or behaviour. If your partner gets early professional help for postnatal depression (PND), it can mean a quicker recovery. Support your partner by sharing baby care and housework, listening to your partner and keeping her company. Look after yourself too.
Conflict management for parents
Conflict is a natural part of relationships between partners, especially as you face the challenges of parenting. When you work together on conflict management, you build happy, healthy relationships and teach your children important life skills.
Conflict is a natural part of relationships between partners, especially as you face the challenges of parenting. When you work together on conflict management, you build happy, healthy relationships and teach your children important life skills.
Healthy relationships: parents and partners
Some of the experiences that come with being a new parent can make you feel even more deeply connected as a couple. But caring for babies and children can also put new strains on your relationship. Open communication can help you nurture healthy relationships.
Some of the experiences that come with being a new parent can make you feel even more deeply connected as a couple. But caring for babies and children can also put new strains on your relationship. Open communication can help you nurture healthy relationships.
Parenting teamwork: why it is important
Being a parent can be great fun, with lots of opportunities for love and excitement. It also brings challenges and hard work. Parenting teamwork helps you face these challenges in a positive way that minimises conflict and strengthens relationships.
Being a parent can be great fun, with lots of opportunities for love and excitement. It also brings challenges and hard work. Parenting teamwork helps you face these challenges in a positive way that minimises conflict and strengthens relationships.
Problem-solving steps for parents
Problem-solving is a way of finding new and creative solutions in situations where you are stuck or cannot work through your issues.
Problem-solving is a way of finding new and creative solutions in situations where you are stuck or cannot work through your issues.
Tummy time for babies: in pictures
Why tummy time is important
How to do tummy time
Making tummy time interesting, fun and safe
Languages other than English
Why tummy time is important
How to do tummy time
Making tummy time interesting, fun and safe
Languages other than English
You cannot spoil the baby!
In the first few months of a child's life, the baby's needs for contact with you (both voice and touch) are immense. By responding to them, you will not create bad habits, on the contrary - you will give the baby a sense of familiarity, predictability, which will result in calming down. If you calmly and constantly respond to your child's needs, he/she learns that he/she can be safe and confident, and begins to trust you.
In the first few months of a child's life, the baby's needs for contact with you (both voice and touch) are immense. By responding to them, you will not create bad habits, on the contrary - you will give the baby a sense of familiarity, predictability, which will result in calming down. If you calmly and constantly respond to your child's needs, he/she learns that he/she can be safe and confident, and begins to trust you.