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Using humour and absurdity to strengthen your bond and diffuse tension Put your socks in the cereal bowl, eat soup with a fork, or wear your child’s underpants on your head during a tantrum - nonsense play invites laughter and light-heartedness into your day. It’s a simple yet

Helping your child feel empowered by creating predictable and responsive interactions As a child, I remember my mother and I playing a game where she puffed out her cheeks for me to ‘pop’ with my finger. The rule was simple: she couldn’t pop until I pressed. I loved the

Helping your child make sense of difficult experiences through pretend play Do you ever have one of those days when everything just seems perfect? Blue skies and sunshine, a long, lazy afternoon stretching out before you? I was having one of those days. Just standing in the park, just being.

Helping your child feel valued and in control through open-ended play I'm sitting on the floor. My son is next to me, deeply engrossed in play. His wooden railway stretches out across the room, the incomplete track taking a wrong turn, the two ends destined never to be