Prosody Blog
Prosody is the pitch and tone of the human voice. It is the very essence of connection. Our blog hosts articles and stories dedicated to innovation, research and practice with children and young people.
The Nature and Nurture of Parenting
How do we learn to be parents? Is it nature? Is it nurture? Jeanette Miller considers two different approaches and reflects on what parents who have themselves experienced trauma might need.
Read MoreEpigenetics and Parenting
When it comes to child development, the nature/nurture debate no longer makes it to the podium. Jeanette Miller explains why this is so, with a brief look at how the field of epigenetics helps us understand the role of parenting in shaping the development of children.
Read MoreThe Wisdom of Owls – and the value of an enjoyable book.
Using her own experience as a grandparent, Jeanette Miller here explores the use of books in regulation and processing for children in the early years.
Read MoreMindfulness for Parents 2: Mindful Presence
Today we would like to share a practice that we use to encourage parents to become more present with their children.
Read MoreCaring for a Traumatised Teen
Adolescence is a period of significant growth, change and development, and is often an exciting as well as challenging time for young people and their parents or carers. In this blog entry we discuss the insights neurobiology has to support the role of carers of traumatised young people.
Read MoreStop, pause, play – a simple mindfulness practise for parents
By now you've no doubt all heard about the benefits of mindfulness. Here's one way we've integrated it into our work with parents.
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