Nurture Parenting

Nurture Parenting Nurture Parenting has created a world class online Nurture Sleep Program from newborn to five years o She has recently relocated back to the North of England.
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Nurture Parenting is an infant sleep, toddler behaviour, parent support education service. It was established in February 2011 by Karen Faulkner, a Registered Midwife and Community Specialist Practitioner/Child & Family Health Nurse. Karen emigrated from the UK in 2002 and gathered a heap of experience, skills and qualifications working in Community Health in Melbourne and Sydney. Our Mission
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want to help parents everywhere get more sleep and spread the love. Our Vision
Nurture Parenting wants to challenge and change the current parenting paradigm and treatment models of sleep training and introduce parents to baby sleep learning. And to inspire and provide confidence in all parents to become the best they can be. We help with children from newborn to 5 years old (0-5 years). Our sleep training methods are kind and based in attachment psychology. We believe in conscious parenting.

27/07/2026

Official Guidepost Montessori 💜🥺
Confidence isn’t built through praise.

Telling your child “great job!” a hundred times a day doesn’t make them feel more secure in themselves.

Confidence develops, little by little, through everyday experiences that make a child feel competent.

Children who feel secure in themselves often have parents who consistently do these things:

1️⃣ They encourage independence instead of doing everything for their child
2️⃣ They allow mistakes to become opportunities for learning rather than something to avoid
3️⃣ They listen with curiosity before rushing to correct or solve
4️⃣ They offer unconditional love that isn’t tied to performance or behavior
5️⃣ They set kind, consistent boundaries that help children feel safe
6️⃣ They trust their child’s capability, even when a task takes longer than expected
7️⃣ They respect their child as a whole person—with thoughts, preferences, and ideas worth hearing

When practiced consistently, again and again, these experiences make a child feel competent, which makes them feel confident and secure.

In Montessori, we believe a secure sense of self develops when children are trusted, respected, and given meaningful opportunities to contribute. Every time a child pours their own water, solves a problem, helps prepare a meal, or feels heard after a difficult day, they’re building something much deeper than confidence.

They’re developing the quiet belief that says, “I am capable. I belong. I can handle what’s in front of me.”

22/07/2026

mirimika_art 💜🥺
1. When researchers began tracking these families, they expected emotional resilience to be linked to discipline, grades, or enrichment activities. Instead, a different pattern emerged. Children whose fathers regularly spent time with them without trying to teach or improve them grew into adults who handled failure better, stayed calmer in conflict, and built healthier relationships. From the outside, it looked pointless: skipping rocks, building forts, playing with toys, or simply being silly together.

2. The explanation was simple. During unstructured play, children stop feeling evaluated. There are no right answers, no corrections, and nothing to prove. Their brain receives a powerful message: «My dad wants to be with me even when I’m not achieving anything.» That repeated experience becomes the foundation of emotional security.

3. Researchers noticed another surprise. The most meaningful conversations almost never happened during serious «life talks.» They happened while fixing a bike, building with LEGO, or taking a walk. With attention focused on a shared activity instead of eye contact, children naturally opened up about their fears, disappointments, and worries.

4. Years later, the difference was clear. These children were less likely to see mistakes as personal failures, more comfortable expressing emotions, and more resilient under criticism. Researchers believe it came from learning one lesson repeatedly: love and connection don’t have to be earned through performance.

5. The biggest surprise came at the end of the study. As adults, participants rarely remembered expensive gifts, perfect grades, or long lectures. They remembered ordinary evenings when Dad wasn’t in a hurry, laughed with them, and let play be just play. The moments that looked least productive became the foundation of lifelong emotional resilience.

If your child remembers only a few moments from childhood, which will matter more: the times you prepared them to succeed, or the times you made them feel they were enough just as they were?

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21/07/2026

Anyone with children needs to watch this video Catherine David - Responsive Parenting | Stop Yelling | Pro Tips 💜🥺

20/07/2026

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1- not listening
kids need our connection, playfulness & fun to gain their cooperation. A dysregulated child can’t ‘listen’ - they need our help

2- being rude or ‘disrespectful
beneath the back chat or ‘rude’ words is a good kid having a hard time. Punishments make them feel worse about themselves, so behaviour worsen too

3- meltdowns & lashing out
Signs a child needs to release stress/ alarm from their bodies and don’t yet have the skills to manage this (they need our help)

4- fighting with sibling
feeling insecure in their place in the family, need for connection, 1:1 time, immature ways of coping, they need our help

As a psychologist (& mum of 3) I’m on a mission to support parents ditch punishments that damage a child’s self-esteem and their relationship with you

And instead use positive discipline, connection and better emotion regulation skills - that help them and strengthen your relationship too

💫 Comment CALM for my free guide for how you as their parent can ‘calm’ your nervous system, even in the heat of the moment, so you can help, not punish your child 💜

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And more positive ways to discipline / teach and help our kids, so we are effective, NOT permissive or punitive in our parenting x

19/07/2026

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That is probably one of the cutest things I have seen in a long time. And also one of the most important 🌼

As parents, we spend years building closeness with our children. We comfort them, help them, listen to them, carry them, and make ourselves available. Connection is one of the foundations of family life. But there is another part of growing up that is just as important.

A child slowly begins to discover themselves as a person separate from us. Not separate in love. Not separate in belonging. But separate in thoughts, feelings, wishes, preferences, and needs. Watching this unfold is one of the most remarkable parts of childhood.

Children who become familiar with their own inner world are building something they will need for the rest of their lives. They are beginning to notice when they need support and when they are ready to stand on their own. They are discovering that being close to other people does not require losing contact with themselves.

I think many adults struggle because they never fully learned this lesson. They became skilled at sensing what others wanted from them, but less skilled at sensing what they themselves needed.

That is why I find moments like these so meaningful. Not because children should always get what they want. And not because family life should revolve around individual preferences. But because self awareness is where self trust begins.

When children feel safe enough to express what is true for them, they discover something powerful. That closeness does not require sameness. That honesty does not threaten love. And that being connected to other people and being connected to yourself are not opposites. In the healthiest relationships, they grow side by side. For me, that is one of the most valuable things we can help children develop. The confidence to stay connected to the people they love without losing connection to themselves.

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Katy Goodwin | Parenting Educator (MA, Child Dev.) 💜🥺The three shifts are not permissive parenting. Boundaries stay. Ru...
16/07/2026

Katy Goodwin | Parenting Educator (MA, Child Dev.) 💜🥺
The three shifts are not permissive parenting. Boundaries stay. Rules stay. Respect stays.
What changes is this. You honor her “no” in small things so she has one in big things. You let his voice land so he trusts it later. You reward honesty even when it is inconvenient.
Inside The Boundary System, the short guide:
The framework for personal boundaries by age. The scripts for teaching self-advocacy. The reset when the pattern has been overriding for years.
Comment START and I’ll DM you the guide 💛

14/07/2026

In Denmark, there is a subject on the school timetable called empathy 💜🥺

It has been there since 1993. Children sit together, talk about how they feel, listen to each other, and practice understanding a point of view that is not their own. No grades. No right answers. Just practice.

No other country in the world has made it compulsory.

And year after year, Danish children rank among the happiest, most socially connected, and most emotionally resilient on earth.

Here is what that tells us: empathy is not a personality trait. It is not something children either have or do not have. It is a skill. And like every other skill worth having, it has to be taught, practised, and taken seriously.

Most of us grew up hearing “be kind” and “think about how others feel” — without ever being shown how. We were expected to absorb empathy from the air around us. And then we grew up and wondered why adult relationships felt so hard, why conflict felt so threatening, why being truly understood felt so rare.

Your child is learning right now whether feelings are safe to talk about. Whether other people’s emotions matter. Whether they can sit with someone else’s discomfort and stay present anyway.

They are learning it from you — even when you are not trying to teach it.

If you want simple, practical ways to start building empathy at home — comment CALM below and I’ll send you our free guide. It’s where most parents start.

And if you want to go deeper — comment PLAYBOOK below and I’ll send you Beyond How Was Your Day? It’s a set of 50 conversation cards designed to get your child out of their head and into real conversation. The kind that builds empathy without either of you realising it’s happening.

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05/07/2026

Katy Quinn | Parenting education 💜🥺
A friend of mine has been a child psychologist for 18 years. She told me some moments parents read as defiance are something else, and a consequence then does real damage. Works whether they are 3 or 12.

1. When the child is telling a hard truth.

If honesty gets punished, they learn to lie. A child who admits the broken cup is practicing courage. Meet it calmly and it keeps coming.

2. When the child is overwhelmed.

A flooded child can’t learn a lesson. Their body is past hearing you. Steadiness first; the lesson lands later, if at all.

3. When the child is scared.

Fear that gets a consequence becomes fear of you, and the child stops bringing you what you most need to know.

4. When the child says no to your body.

This is the one parents argue about. A child allowed to say stop to tickling or a hug learns their no means something. That protects them later.

5. When the child grieves something small.

The lost balloon. The dropped ice cream. Nothing to you. To them, real loss, and a consequence teaches them their feelings are a burden.

6. When the child is trying and failing.

Effort punished as failure teaches them to stop trying. A child spilling while pouring water is learning. Steady hands raise steady kids.

This isn’t about no boundaries. It’s knowing the difference between a child who won’t and one who can’t.

None of this is to make any parent feel guilty. The point is the opposite. The moments you already pause are building what most rush past.

If your calm parenting feels harder lately, there’s a stage no one warned you about. I wrote a book, Why Calm Parenting Stops Working. Thousands of parents request it monthly. Comment START and I’ll send it free.

Save this for the next time you almost react.

04/07/2026

Nicole Pates | Paediatric Physio 💜🥺
I hear this all the time “But what if they get hurt?”

And as a mum, I feel it too. My kids have had their fair share of stacks.

Risky play isn’t just climbing trees and riding bikes, it’s anything that stretches your kiddo’s skills. Like this hike.

And when they fall, get a graze, or bump themselves, we often rush in with “you’re okay!” We all say it. And we’ll probably keep saying it.

But if we have the capacity, it’s so much better to let them figure out for themselves what’s happening in their body.

Describe what happened. Ask what they need. Give them space.

This is what I mean by “as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible.”

I’m not talking about dangerous play, I’m talking about analysing risks versus hazards and providing opportunities for risky play. These are very different things.

Small risks = big rewards.

Our kids get the chance to stretch and build their motor skills, resilience, independence, and decision-making. And studies show that kids who do risky play are actually LESS likely to get seriously hurt over time.

The goal isn’t no falls. It’s learning how to fall and get back up again. Trusting their body. And discovering they’re clever and strong…in their own words.

Let’s raise brave kids, not bubble-wrapped ones 💚

Comment RISKY below and I’ll send you some epic resources to support you in risky play.

02/07/2026

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For most of us, nobody taught us how to handle our emotions.

Nobody taught us how to speak to ourselves with kindness.

Nobody taught us that making a mistake doesn’t make us a failure.

Nobody taught us how to process disappointment, heartbreak, rejection or grief.

Nobody taught us how to see our own strength when life got hard.

For many women, there was no one sitting beside us saying:

“I see you.”

“Your feelings are valid.”

“You don’t have to carry this alone.”

“What do you need right now?”

“What can I do to support you?”

Instead, many of us learned to suppress.

To stay quiet.

To be strong.

To keep going.

To carry emotions we never felt safe enough to express.

To hold pain we never had the words to explain.

To become experts at taking care of everyone else while abandoning ourselves.

The truth is, most women were never taught emotional wellbeing.

They were taught survival.

And there is a difference.

That’s why Inner Bloom exists.

Because some of life’s most important lessons were never part of the curriculum.

And every woman deserves a place where she feels seen, heard, supported and understood.

A place where healing isn’t something she has to figure out alone.

A place where she can finally learn what they should have taught us all along. 🌸

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