Parent/child and adolescent relationships

• Aiming for Independence
• Body Image in Children and Adolescents tips for parents and carers
• Bonding and Learning Through Play
• Building Confidence
• Calm Parents Calm Kids
• Children and Diversity
• Christmas - Spending Time Together
• Christmas Message
• Communicating with Your Child – high impact conversations
• Competence and Independence
• Confidence Helping Your Kids Develop Confidence Capacity and Mastery
• Connecting at Christmas Time
• Decision Making
• Delaying Gratification
• Developmental Tasks for 12-18-Year-Olds
• Developmental Tasks for 4-5-Year-Olds
• Developmental Tasks for 6-11-Year-Olds
• Does Your Child Tell Lies
• Emotion Coaching
• Emotion Coaching Role of the School Counsellor and a Relationship Strategy
• Emotional Wellbeing and Diet
• Enjoying Your Children
• Extra Curricula Activities
• Farewell from Gai
• Fathers and Daughters
• Forgiveness
• Growing and changing - who are you and what have you done with my beautiful child?
• Growth Mindset
• Happy Holidays
• Helping Children Learn to Cope with Failure
• Holding on to Your Childs Trust
• How to Talk with Children about Tragic World Events
• Kindness - Tis the Season to Show Kindness
• Laughter Antidote and Modelling
• Learned Helplessness
• Learning Happiness
• Learning Self Control
• Lightening up - the role of humour in parenting
• Listening To Your Child
• Loving Your Child But Not Liking Them
• Managing Behaviour Encouragement and Rewards
• Mindfulness for Children and Adults and the Benefits
• Motivation
• Name it to tame it
• Parent Concerns - To Go Up to School or Not That is the Question
• Parenting
• Pets and Children
• Pick Your Battles
• Positive parenting workshops
• Promoting Happiness by Giving
• Protective and Overprotective Parenting
• Protective Parenting
• Recap and Happy Festive Season
• Relationship Building - Things Your Child Should Never Hear You Say
• Respectful Relationships
• Rituals - The Importance of Rituals to Family Life
• Routines
• Shaming Kids - Let's Look at Alternatives
• Strengthening the Bonds
• Talking about Mental Illness with Your Child
• Talking About the School Day
• Talking About Tragic Situations
• Teaching kindness
• The comfort and connecting value of rituals
• The Questions Parents Ask
• The Zones of Regulation
• Traditions and Rituals
• Tragic World Events - How Do You Talk To Your Children When Terrible Things Are Happening In The World
• Unconditional Love
• Unhelpful Thinking Styles
• What Do You Do When You Are Not Quite Sure What To Do Next

• Parent Matters

St Mary's College is located on the traditional lands of the muwinina people of the South East Nation. We acknowledge and deeply respect the palawa people, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community, and all Elders past and present. We are committed to learning alongside our students and community in this place, nipaluna, and support the continued sharing of knowledge and culture.