You spend months learning how to deal with the pregnancy and the pros and cons of different pain relief for the birth, but nobody explains the reality of what it means to have children and to have the responsibility of bringing them up to become adults.

When you’re sleep deprived, stressed, and juggling parenthood and work, challenging behaviour can feel even harder to handle.

You can react and respond from a place of frustration that doesn’t foster positive relationships.

But when we break down what our children need from us – consistency, clear meaningful consequences, authentic attention and positive discipline, then we can enter a position of empowerment and change, both for ourselves, and our children.