The Parenting Podcast: Growing and Learning Together

This one is so from my heart! I say it how it is and share what we need to do to be the best parent we can be for our children to have the best start in life.  I open up about my journey as a young mum and the trauma we went through and realising now that in amongst it all, parenting doesn't need to be so hard.  With the right mindset, attitude, understanding of yourself as a parent and your...

It's important to know what's going on for your older child when you have a new baby. They change and in ways you didn't think possible.  They have feelings and emotions in the same way we do but they don't know how to manage them or know what they are. Having a new baby creates all sorts of emotional triggers for our children.  Here, I explore what is going on from their point...

In this episode I was talking to my daughter in law, Charley about a phase my grandson, Jack is going through.  It's a common reaction to worry about what people think of us as parents,. We are easily judged and under pressure thinking that someone is ready to criticise us for not doing a good enough job.  Charley was concerned recently about what people may think and I helped her feel secure...

In this episode, I share how I helped a mummy reframe her frustration when she came me saying they're naughty, out of sorts and biting me! Looking through the lens of her child who had recently started nursery, we explored  what was going on for them, we looked at why they were reacting in this way, how their brain is developing, and how they were trying to come back to safety.  I offer some...

In this episode I talk about the importance of the 3 Parenting Superpowers; Brain Power, Emotional Power and Practical Power.  I explain how and why it is essential to have a good understanding of yourself and your role as an Empowered Parent, to be willing to learn as much as you can about yourself and what kind of parent you want to be. You are the Captain of your Ship and it is essential to kno...

We don't often like taking our children to the shopping centre, garden centre or any crowded place for fear they may have a tantrum.  In this episode, I'd like to help you see that it is your responsibility as to why your child results in being bored and consequently has an emotional outburst with a few simple ideas you can follow to help them enjoy the experience rather than it being a...

This is a common problem for parents.  Knowing how to support your child can be difficult when you know there are no monsters in their room especially after a busy day and you need your sleep! How you tune in and listen will make all the difference.  I help you here with some useful tips and tricks to change what you say to your child to support their feelings and encourage them back to a restful...

Should we be telling our child to say sorry?  In this episode, I turn saying sorry on it's head and show you what it means for a child to say sorry and how you can teach them what it truly means and when to use it.  If you find this episode helpful, please kindly give this podcast a review and tell friends and family so we can help more parents feel good about parenting. Click here to downloa...

In this episode I talk about why Time Out should be a thing of the past and why Time In is a much better way of supporting our children's personal, social and emotional well-being when the going gets tough.  If you find this episode helpful, please kindly give this podcast a review and tell friends and family so we can help more parents feel good about parenting. Click here to download your F...

The answer is simple. Anything and everything! In this episode, I wanted to share with you how children learn language and what we can do as their first educator, role model and superhero, to support them every step of the way.  I hope you enjoy it.  Sallianne x If you find this episode helpful, please kindly give this podcast a review and tell friends and family so we can help more parents feel g...

Excuse this rough and ready episode. I recorded it while sitting in my car waiting for someone and it was pouring down!  This is a really important message for children who are developing a stutter. It is imperative to understand how they process language and how our impact to hurry them along when they are trying to find the right word can have a detrimental effect on their learning.  I hope you...

Hi lovely parents,  In this episode, forgive me for the rough edged recording, I was sat in my car with the engine on and didn't realise the sound quality. However, I have been taught not to worry about this and just get it out there.  So tadarrrr...here it is!  I'm sharing this with you as a very important point about how children learn at this stage of their development, essentially th...

In this episode I talk about transition.  There is a really important technique you can use to reduce the tantrums when you want to move your children from one activity to another.  They're playing blissfully in their room and you know it's nearly bath time. You become anxious at the very thought that it is going to kick off again. Wouldn't it be easier to let them be and just have...

Welcome to my Podcast.  In this episode, I want you to think about you! We can focus so much on our children that we forget about each other.  This is a subject that gets widely overlooked yet is so incredibly important.  Our children need to see affection, they need to learn how to interact and hold a relationship with others. And that starts with you. As their role models, they need to know thei...

Welcome to my Podcast.  Today I talk to you about the importance of setting routines.  When you are calm and in control, your children will respond better to you and they will be calm and in control.  I talk about the routines I had when my children were growing up. It came naturally to me to set myself a routine in the morning to get out of bed on the right side and your children leave the house...

In this episode, I share with you the importance of keeping calm in times when you could lose your cool with your child.  Whether they are two, twelve or twenty two, children are learning how to deal with life skills and highly charged emotions. In times when their emotions are out of control, they do not want to see you mirroring and imitating their behaviour by losing it, screaming shouting and...

In this episode, I talk about Potty Training.  I turn it on it's head slightly and ask you to consider your child when it comes to potty training. Most of the time we decide when we want to train our children to use the loo but in reality, your child will tell you when they are ready.  I talk about your mind set and show you how tuning into your child is the fundamental way you can support th...

Your child is new to this adventure called life.  We are here to teach them....everything....absolutely, everything. And we need to take responsibility for the fact that if they are behaving in a certain way or doing or not doing something you want or don't want, it is all a reflection about you and how you are responding and guiding them . In this episode, I bring to the forefront that child...

You have an incredible feeling when you become a parent. I call it The Mummy Switch. It can be the Daddy Switch too I've just names it the Mummy Switch.  It's powerful, overwhelming and incredible. You have created a human being and you will protect them with your life. End of!  In this episode, I explain what I mean about the Mummy Switch, I relate it to those Mummy's I show round...

Welcome to my Sunshine Sprinkles Podcast.  My name is Sallianne Robinson and I am an Early Years Teacher, Mentor and Mum and I get Children!  Children are little rays of sunshine, magical in every way, are our next generation and we are here to inspire, educate and support them to flourish in life. This starts with us and in their tender earliest years.  I have a calling in life to inspire and tou...