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.

Playful parenting is so much more than just getting down on the floor and ‘playing’; it’s an approach to everyday interactions with children which can help with the hardest parts of parenting — arguments, big emotions, anxiety — and bring more joy into every part of our life. It can help us to reconsider what it means to be a parent, and allow us t

The breathing-out phase refers to a period of time when your child relates mainly to the world around them (independent free play, running around the park, writing a letter to a friend).

school is the biggest source of stress for young people.

they will be far more willing to then play or work alongside you if you’ve been able to give them some focused attention first.

When you say yes to something, you are always saying no to something else.

Rhythm is not just for children. Having an evening each week to go to for a run or a date night with our partner each month (even if it’s a takeaway pizza on the sofa in front of the TV) can make a huge difference to our lives, as we can anticipate that enjoyment and feel we have a right to it.

With younger children especially, leaving an invitation to play for them to find in the morning can be a great way to buy you time to have a quiet coffee first thing.

In the Waldorf philosophy, the breathing-in phase refers to a period of time when you are connecting with your child.