On Wednesday night I attended the webinar ‘Lightening the Lockdown Load’, presented by Dr. Justin Coulson, one of Australia’s most trusted parenting specialists and founder of happyfamilies.com .  Dr. Justin shared 4 secrets for families to make it through the Victorian COVID-19.  He empathised with parents of the challenges of managing the academic, social and emotional wellbeing of children.

In summary, Dr. Justin said:  Kids need to be heard, need humour, need to help others and need to have hope.

He recommended a useful resource: https://www.happyfamilies.com.au/freebies/heck/

He also suggested his range of podcasts, available on happyfamilies.com.au .  The Happy Families podcasts are for parents who are seeking practical advice and simple tools to confidently navigate parenting at every age and stage.  In each short podcast episode Dr. Justin will address a specific topic, offer his expert advice and provide simple strategies that will lead to positive results.  Some of his topics include #117 Dealing with changing moods and temperament (definitely worth a listen if you have a teenager in the house), #114 What to do when your child lies and #106 Reducing disrespectful talk. 

If you didn’t have a chance to watch the Lightening the Lockdown Load webinar on Wednesday night and would like to, here is the link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/886858y31evw7x9/LighteningTheLockdownLoad_DrJustinCoulson.mp4?dl=0 .

Always remember, your kids are important to us and we are here if you need us! 

Lisa Parwata,
Deputy Principal.