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Means 'child's wisdom' : A philosophy of wellbeing for children and our inner-child. A knowing that when we understand children, we understand life.

A whole-child, research informed development model created by Dr. Maxine Thérèse. A complete philosophy and practical applications of this philosophy for children's needs and welllbeing

Assisting your child to be the best they can be...

All children are balanced and harmoniously whole but life's situations & circumstances can tip our children off balance or fragment their wholeness. Childosophy is an amazing approach that assists adults and children to identify why and when they have become imbalanced and help them to return to their natural harmony. Offering children and caregivers of children access to an enhanced way of interpreting their feelings, thoughts and actions and understand why they have needed to act in certain ways. Dr Maxine Therese teaches others to use the system and trains candidates to be certified as Childosophy Children's Wellbeing practitioners. Contact Maxine at www.childosophy.com
OR www.maxinetherese.com

30/10/2026

The pause begins with us. 💙

Before we respond to a child’s behaviour, can we take a moment to notice what it brings up in us?

Our frustration. Our expectations. Our urge to make the moment stop.

Pausing creates space to get curious: What is this child experiencing? What need might they be trying to communicate?

We can hold a boundary while making room for their feelings. We can guide them while being willing to understand.

You don’t have to get it right every time. A willingness to reflect, reconnect and try again is a place to begin.

For educators exploring this approach, join our Skool educator community through the link in our bio.

24/10/2026

Some parents are ready to change the language at home straight away. Others need more time, more trust, or simply more capacity than they have right now. Both are fine.

What matters isn’t one perfect conversation. It’s coming back to the same steady, curious words, and holding the door open a little longer than feels efficient.

If you’d like company while you learn it, PAUSE for Parents will be released soon in our Soul Generation Community. Comment SOUL and we’ll send it through.

24/10/2026

No right answer here, just an honest one. Tell us A, B, C or D below.

We asked this inside our community after Dr Maxine’s piece on children and AI, and it’s opened up one of our most thoughtful conversations. It’s less about screens and more about what children learn from how we handle not knowing.

If you’d like to be part of that conversation, comment SOUL and we’ll send you the way into the Soul Generation Community.

21/10/2026

More schools are learning PAUSE, a way of slowing down and responding to what’s underneath a child’s behaviour. But a child’s day doesn’t end at the school gate.

Dr Maxine Thérèse has seen, over many years, how much it means when the adults in a child’s different worlds speak the same language. Same words. Same spirit. One steady message: you’ll be understood here too.

PAUSE for Parents will soon be released inside our Soul Generation Community on Skool, alongside Soul Led Parenting and a group of parents working this way.

Comment SOUL and we’ll send you the link to join our free community.

19/10/2026

A tantrum can tell us what a child doesn’t yet have the words to say.

“I’m overwhelmed.”
“I need help.”
“I’m tired.”
“I wanted to feel heard.”

When feelings become too much, behaviour can communicate an unmet need.

Looking beneath the tantrum helps us respond with curiosity and compassion.

We can hold a clear boundary while offering connection: “I won’t let you hit. I’m here to help.”

Next time, pause and ask: “What might my child be needing right now?”

Understanding the need gives us somewhere to begin.

Comment PARENT, we will DM you and you’ll find our courses and communities which leads a group of parents asking the same questions you are.

17/10/2026

We’re quick to reach for answers now.
Google, a device, AI. Usually it’s helpful.

But Dr Maxine Thérèse has been thinking about what children lose when the answer always arrives first: the chance to notice, to wonder, and to find their own response before someone hands them a better one.

Her latest Substack piece isn’t anti-technology. It’s about the space children need to know themselves, and the part we play in protecting it.

Comment AI and we’ll send you the article.

15/10/2026

Ask a child what they need and you’ll often get a shrug. Show them a picture of a child holding a small creature with the words “I am caring” and something opens up.

That was the idea behind the Children’s Wellbeing Cards. Dr Maxine Thérèse first started on them in 2007, built them from her research into children’s foundational needs, and asked Melanie Elderfield Melanie Elderfield to illustrate each theme.

Families use them to start conversations at home. Teachers use them in the classroom to understand the need beneath the behaviour and adults often find they speak to their own inner child too. They are a beautiful way to connect.

Comment CARDS and we’ll send you the link to purchase.

15/10/2026

Educators, I’d love to hear from you.

What’s the classroom moment you’d most like support with? The one that comes up again and again, or the one you’re still thinking about at the end of the day.

Share it in the comments. Your answers will help shape what we create next.

Comment PAUSE to learn more about our Educator Community.

14/10/2026

A child will come in contact with many adults in a single school day: the classroom teacher, the teacher on yard duty, the specialist, the aide.

When each adult responds to behaviour differently, it can be hard for a child to know what to expect. When they share a language, every adult has the same place to start.

That’s the bigger picture behind PAUSE: five steps a whole school can return to, together.

It often begins with one educator passing it on. If someone in your staffroom comes to mind, comment PAUSE for access to our educator community.

09/10/2026

If there’s a child you’re still thinking about after the bell, this one’s for you. So often the question we reach for is: how do I stop this?

Childosophy begins with a different one: what is this child trying to tell me? It doesn’t make the hard moments disappear. It changes where we start.

I’d love you to join us in the Childosophy Educator Community, where you’ll find the recording of Five Shifts to Transform Your Classroom and the PAUSE downloadables.

The link is in my bio.

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Newtown, VIC

Website

http://www.childosophy.com/, https://www.youtube.com/@dr.maxinetherese, https://www.skool.com/soul-generation-2972/about

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