The Sue Atkins Gift Guide: Parenting Made Easy!

    Sue’s Alternative to the ‘Naughty Step’ The ‘Easy Peasy – Lemon Squeezy Button’ is suitable for kids of all ages & allows you to record and playback 40 seconds of yourself saying ‘That was Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy’ via the built-in microphone and speaker – to motivate & encourage your child to brush […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story – The Starfish.

                Here is one of my very favourite stories from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. The Starfish Story One day a woman was walking along the beach when she noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, […]

The Sue Atkins Parent Question

If not today …… when?   We all put things off. We all procrastinate to some degree. But what if we keep putting things off until our time has run out? Who do you need to call? Who do you need to forgive? Who do you need to spend quality time with today? Rocking Chair […]

The Sue Atkins Sunday Saying – a cup of positivi-tea

So often we let our kids, our partner or our work colleagues wind us up,  but it’s worth just pressing your imaginary pause button for a moment and reminding yourself that …….”Nobody makes you angry – you DECIDE to use anger as a response” Step back, take a deep breath and choose another option. Nobody […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Parenting Story – The Seahorse in a Starfish World

Here’s a story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. The Seahorse Once upon a time, there was a young seahorse called Sidney. He was a lovely friendly and clever seahorse, who was very good at being a seahorse, but the problem was he was born in a world where most people were […]

The Sue Atkins Parent Question

                Every week, on a Monday, I post a Parent Coaching Question for you to ponder. Save it on your phone to see each morning to get you thinking, or pop it up on the fridge in the kitchen to pause to ponder throughout the week. No beating yourself […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Parenting Story – Knowing Where to Tap

Here’s my Wednesday story  from my never-ending  notebook and my everlasting coloured pencil. Knowing Where to Tap At the end of the 19th century a wealthy mill owner was sick with worry as his steam boiler lay broken and his workers were standing idle. Time was money and as the hours and days passed he […]

The Sue Atkins Parent Question.

If I were to give you an extra hour a day, what would you do with it? Every week, on a Monday, I post a Parent Coaching Question for you to ponder. Save it on your phone to see each morning to get you thinking, or pop it up on the fridge in the kitchen […]

The Sue Atkins Wednesday Parenting Story – The 99 Club

Every Wednesday I post an inspiring, thought provoking story for you to reflect on. I have been posting them for many years and today’s story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil is called the 99 Club The 99 Club “Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither […]

The Sue Atkins Parent Question

If not now, then when? Every week, on a Monday, I post a Parent Coaching Question for you to ponder. Save it on your phone to see each morning to get you thinking, or pop it up on the fridge in the kitchen to pause to ponder throughout the week. No beating yourself up now […]