FamilyFlow

07/08/2026

Discover your new parenting super-power :) I explain how empathy works and how it can prevent or defuse challenging situations with kids and teens very effectively (yet completely peacefully), incl. a real-life example.
Note: all my blog posts are written by myself, without any "help" of AI.

Discover your new parenting super-power :) Anke describes how empathy works and how it can prevent or defuse challenging situations with kids or teens very effectively (yet completely peacefully)!

07/08/2026

The Heads Up Alliance are encouraging parents to sign a petition to reduce tech in Australian classrooms. We're one of the largest adopters of technology into all year levels. Not to the advantage of our kids! Using too much or ineffective technology is a contributing factor to children's declining cognitive abilities - which had been rising for decades!

https://c.org/t8GDb77XXq

Australian Parents Demand Less Screen Time in Classrooms

22/05/2026

I felt very honoured to share the stage with these amazing women Kayelene Kerr, Amanda Slinger and Yara Heary as we spoke about eSafety, Sleep, Resilience (me) and Connection at the HEART earlier this month!
I felt the topics were very interconnected, all explained from a different angle by the experts. MRIS received very positive feedback on the event from parents, let's see what we come up with next year! 😁🙏

20/05/2026

Free parent info session about how to help your child become more resilient, both in the digital world and in real life.
Last 2 events of my AMR Shire sponsored series! ☺️
Final session will be at MR Primary School on June 10th.

Reserve your free spot here:
https://events.humanitix.com/building-resilience-in-a-smartphone-world-cowaramup-primary-school

04/05/2026

Tune into 101.9FM at 12.30pm today or listen live on radiomargaretriver.com ☺️
David and I will talk about Resilience, which will also be my topic at the MRIS parent event tomorrow night (from a very different angle)! Meet you on air 📻🎙

23/04/2026

I'm SO excited about sharing the stage with these extraordinary women! Join us right here in Margaret River... https://events.humanitix.com/raising-kids-in-a-digital-age-esafety-sleep-and-wellbeing

19/04/2026

In this post, I explain how our own stress levels as parents have a major impact on our children's behaviour and their ability to cope (or not). I also share all my best strategies to effectively lower our stress level at any time of the day, in any situation.

Dearest parents, I hope you’ve had a lovely Easter (if part of your tradition) and that you’re enjoying the last weekend of the school holidays. However, if (parts of) the holidays were a bit tiresome and you felt like you’re juggling a million things to keep the children entertained or looked...

13/04/2026

Feeling stressed? With keeping kids entertained/looked after during school holidays plus all the negative news about global conflict, oil crisis and rising costs of living many parents feel the pressure...
I'll share some easy-to-implement stress relief strategies for parents, that even work on the middle of chaos 😁 join me live on 101.9FM or on radiomargaretriver.com

14/03/2026

How much has changed since we were kids! Incredible little summary with an unusual angle on things ☺️

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