Parenting Expert Dr Anna Cohen: How To Master the Skill of Acknowledgement

Children have loud voices, but too often they feel unheard. Amidst the clamour of contemporary life, their voices can be swallowed up by technological distractions, daily tasks, and our adult-centred preoccupations. This potential oversight isn't just a passing concern, it can hint at a deep-rooted issue of parents missing nuanced moments crucial to fostering emotionally…

ByDr Anna Cohen30/08/2023

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Top Tips To Manage Your Household Stress During the HSC

Ending the HSC with a happy and peaceful household may seem like an impossible task for those families about to guide their teenagers into exams. This period will create elevated stress for everyone living in a household with a highly emotional and reactive Year 12 student. Whether your child has dealt with their stress in…

ByDr Anna Cohen12/10/2022

Health Parenting

Dr. Anna Cohen: How Parents Can Support Healthy Lifestyles For Their Children

Children are facing a bigger risk of being overweight and obese than ever before. According to a recent report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare up to one in four school-aged children are overweight or obese in NSW. This is a wake-up call to persist in promoting healthy habits not just at school, but…

ByDr Anna Cohen28/08/2018

Parenting

Helping Your Child Get To Know The World

Children’s brains develop more quickly from birth to five years old than at any other point in their lifetime. In these early years, they are constantly learning from everything that happens around them so helping them to get to know the world by offering an array of experiences will be key to developing their natural…

ByDr Anna Cohen31/05/2018

Parenting

Dr Anna Cohen Advises How To Support Your Child’s Friendships

Your child’s friends are a special part of their lives, helping to build emotional, social and psychological structures. Parents play a big role in helping children to develop the necessary social skills to build new friendships. Encouraging your child to be independent, considerate and willing to listen will provide them with important life skills that…

ByDr Anna Cohen26/03/2018

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Raising Children That Have Both A Me And We Focus

A child’s ability to interact with other children their age and adults is a crucial aspect of their development. To develop this understanding and appreciation of considerate behaviour by-and-large starts in the home. Therefore, it is imperative for parents to model appropriate behaviour and demonstrate ways in which their children can conduct themselves in a…

ByDr Anna Cohen22/03/2018

Relationships

Failsafe Ways To Get Your Children To Stop And Listen

Here, Dr Anna Cohen provides advice to parents on how they can adjust their communication style to support children to listen and learn to cooperate without the battle or tantrum. There may not be a magical solution to getting your children to listen, but understanding how your child replicates your own behaviour will be the key…

ByDr Anna Cohen15/01/2018

Homes Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Managing Your Children’s Boredom Over The School Holidays

The school holidays are here and parents alike are faced with their children testing them with their boredom cries. The school holidays offer the perfect time to strengthen your relationship and spend time with your kids, but finding activities and things to keep them occupied day in day out can be challenging. The school holiday period…

ByDr Anna Cohen03/10/2017

Lifestyle & Homes Parenting

Dr Anna Cohen’s Tips To Raise Children With Both A Me And We Focus

A child’s ability to interact with other children their age and adults is a crucial aspect of their development. To develop this understanding and appreciation of considerate behaviour by-and-large starts in the home. Therefore, it is imperative for parents to model appropriate behaviour and demonstrate ways in which their children can conduct themselves in a…

ByDr Anna Cohen28/07/2017