Courses
How To Grow A Human – The needs of young children
WithDr. Vanessa Lapointe
How To Grow A Human – The needs of young children
Every day you look online and see different people’s opinions on parenting. ‘You need to teach your child to be independent’, ‘you are babying them too much’. But as Dr…
2 EpisodesManaging Anger and Eruptions
WithDr. Vanessa Lapointe
Managing Anger and Eruptions
Understanding anger in our children and what to do about it.
4 EpisodesGeneral Parenting
How attachment caregiving helps rewire the brains of traumatised foster kids
A 2005 Child Development study showed that an attachment-based caregiving approach to looking after traumatised foster children is instrumental in healing their brains. Dr Vanessa Lapointe explains how and why…
Discipline without damage doesn’t mean without limits, boundaries or growing up
Often times when people hear that children shouldn’t be given consequences or put in time out, but rather understood empathically and championed developmentally, they get worried! Usually the worry is…
Why you should do nothing when your child says I’m bored
All parents are familiar with the phrase "I'm bored". In this video I share with you why it's a great thing that your kids get bored and why you should…
Why doesn’t becoming a parent feel as good as I thought it would?
A lot of new parents find themselves feeling overwhelmed, alone and upset that the reality of parenting doesn’t match the myth they had believed in. Dr Vanessa Lapointe explains how…
What is developmental trauma and how can kids recover from it?
When you’re caring for a child who’s experienced trauma, it’s helpful to understand some of the ways it can impact their brain development. Dr Vanessa Lapointe explains developmental trauma and…