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The Fine Line Between Caring and Crippling: Raising Independent Kids

The Fine Line Between Caring and Crippling: Raising Independent Kids

by Ken Resnick | May 5, 2025 | Learned Helplessness, Parent Coaching, Parenting, Parenting Workshops

We all want the best for our children. Our natural instinct is to nurture, protect, and provide. But could our well-intentioned actions sometimes be inadvertently creating a web of over-dependency, ultimately hindering their growth and ability to thrive? The...
Parenting Teens

Parenting Teens

by Ken Resnick | Apr 5, 2024 | Adolescents (Teens), Articles, Blog, Family Counselling, Parent Coaching, Parent-Teen Counselling, Parenting, Parenting Workshops

However hard parents struggle to do what is best for their troubled and troublesome teenager, too often there comes a point when parents’ willingness to help and understand him gives way to feelings of despair and frustration. In order to help their teenage children...
Empowering Bullying Victims: Strategies for Mental Health and Well-being

Empowering Bullying Victims: Strategies for Mental Health and Well-being

by Ken Resnick | Nov 14, 2023 | Bullying, Family Counselling, Parent Coaching, Parent-Teen Counselling, Parenting Workshops

When we talk about the mental health and well-being of victims, we cannot ignore the role that the parent has played regarding the apparent inability of the child to cope with bullying that takes place at school. A child who has not been well socialised and tends to...
Helping Your Child Cope: Strategies for Dealing with Cyberbullying

Helping Your Child Cope: Strategies for Dealing with Cyberbullying

by Ken Resnick | Nov 14, 2023 | Bullying, Family Counselling, Parent Coaching, Parent-Teen Counselling, Parenting Workshops, Screen Addiction

Cyberbullying is bullying with the use of digital technologies. It can take place on social media, messaging platforms, gaming platforms and mobile phones. It is repeated behaviour, aimed at scaring, angering or shaming those who are targeted. Many parents are unaware...
Understanding Bullying: Signs And Strategies For Parents

Understanding Bullying: Signs And Strategies For Parents

by Ken Resnick | Oct 9, 2023 | Articles, Bullying, Family Counselling, Parent Coaching, Parent-Teen Counselling, Parenting Workshops, Screen Addiction

A child cannot bring themselves up. They are totally dependent on an adult, usually the parents and teachers, to equip them with the necessary skills that will enable them to take on all the challenges that life presents to them. It is up to the parent to instill in...
Bullying and Cyberbullying

Bullying and Cyberbullying

by Ken Resnick | Oct 9, 2023 | Articles, Bullying, Family Counselling, Parent Coaching, Parent-Teen Counselling, Parenting Workshops, Screen Addiction

What is Bullying? Bullying can take various forms and occur in different settings. Here are five examples of different forms of bullying: 1. Verbal bullying: This form of bullying involves the use of hurtful words, insults, name-calling, or teasing to belittle or...
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