Extraordinary Parenting: the essential guide to parenting and educating at home

Rhythm is there to be a helpful guide rather than a taskmaster, and it can and should be flexible.

Offering your child the space to ask ‘why’ time and time again is one of the most precious gifts you can give them.

Just keep encouraging that “why”.’

For each breathing-in period, the child needs a breathing-out period, and so a pattern is established; breathing-in tops up the child’s connection with you and fills them up, so that they can then spend time without your full attention as you breathe out.

By carefully preparing your home environment, you create a ‘yes space’: one where your children are free — and, crucially, are safe — to touch, explore, move, climb, and look after their own needs.

Unconditional Positive Regard. Coined by the psychologist Carl Rogers, it means that, when we’re interacting with someone, we choose to accept and think the best of them, regardless of what they say or do.

if you’re homeschooling, one of your biggest educational assets is your home.

that children’s challenging behaviour is always a form of communication.

Rather, it’s about treating our children with respect and compassion, consciously slowing down and reclaiming our children’s right to play, and creating a rhythmic, intentional home environment where our children feel safe and flourish.