David Willans·Aug 1, 2025Mental and physical health and fatherhoodI interviewed Brian about fatherhood. Brian Comly, M.S., OTR/L, is a husband, father of two, full-time occupational therapist (OT), a…
David Willans·Aug 1, 2025This is study found that when dads are more self-compassionate, it’s correlates with warmer…Don’t beat yourself up about messing up, or being stressed or when you do get cross.
David Willans·Aug 1, 2025Adolescence, anxiety, phones and brainsI found this article because of what the series Adolescence made me realise.
David Willans·Dec 9, 2024Making family Christmas just a little bit calmerA simple thing that will help your Christmas with the kids be that bit calmer.
David Willans·Dec 9, 2024A time for family traditionsWhy making family traditions when they’re young may well hold your family together as everyone grows up.
David Willans·Nov 24, 2024Seven fundamental pieces of parenting wisdomIn my book, The Patient Parent, there are a few quotes that pack a huge amount of parenting wisdom into a few lines. Here’s a selection of…
David Willans·Nov 21, 2024Parenting teens — they aren’t that different from toddlersAs they get older, kids fool you. Not deliberately (most of the time), but when they get to 5 and 6 parenting becomes less intense. It’s…
David Willans·Nov 1, 2024Creating your family cultureInsights from my family culture to help you think about how you create yours.
David Willans·Oct 10, 2024Learning to parent the child you have (patiently)How I learned to learn more about myself and my kids to be a better parent, despite how different all our kids are.
David Willans·Jul 5, 2024There’s probably a time to do it all, just not all at onceMy wife and I went out to a local community event last weekend for a couple of hours. Just the two of us. The kids, now 12 & 15, didn’t…
