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Co-regulation: the golden key to self-regulation
I’m learning that one of the most challenging things for Wonderfully Wired babies and children is self-regulation. All babies need to...
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Elle Leher
- Sep 12
- 4 min
You only have one job as a parent: To Become a Responsive one
I remember standing in the massive baby supply store 17 years ago, with a list so long it was partly concealed by my belly. I worked my...
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Elle Leher
- Aug 22
- 3 min
How can teachers start helping Wonderfully Wired kids?
I’ve been thinking about teachers with empathy and concern. What would it take for teachers under pressure to deliver results to get a ...
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Elle Leher
- Aug 1
- 3 min
"There are no educational emergencies", Julie Bogart
My husband says all disappointments are a result of unmet expectations. That’s a good sentiment when it comes to managing my expectations...
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Elle Leher
- Jul 11
- 4 min
10 Things you should know to hack teen parenting
My mother used to have a sticker on her Red Volkswagen van in which she transported four teenagers to 3 different schools: It read:...
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Elle Leher
- Jul 4
- 4 min
I'm not a tutor!
I’m working on changing the way I think of my role as a parent into the teenage years for my struggling student: I’m not aiming to be...
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Elle Leher
- Jun 27
- 4 min
From BabySense to Brain Body parenting
When I was a newborn mum the question was always ‘to routine or not to routine’. Around the same coffee table was my Zimbabwean pastor...
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Elle Leher
- Jun 20
- 3 min
The just right challenge
It is critical to be able to read a child’s emotional platform to know how to help that child back to a stable, safe, state in the...
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Elle Leher
- Jun 13
- 4 min
Can co-regulation teach self-regulation?
“A child who is self-regulated can wait a few minutes if dinner is late, concentrate on homework even if they want to go outside and...
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Elle Leher
- Jun 1
- 4 min
Understanding your child's behaviour by reading the state of the brain-body connection
This month, Wonderfully Wired dives deeply (and satisfyingly!) into the work of Dr Mona Delahooke. You can find a brief introduction to...
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Elle Leher
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Parents: no longer on the outside of education
“I feel like you're parenting us parents,” I said to Heather Wells in this month’s episode of the podcast. Heather and I were talking...
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Elle Leher
- Apr 18
- 5 min
Teachers are farmers, not factory workers
“The core role of a teacher is facilitating learning… but much of what teachers are expected to do is something other than teaching.”...
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Elle Leher
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Children are natural born learners
Last week we suggested changing our metaphor for schools: Instead of seeing schools as factories and students as products on a conveyor...
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Elle Leher
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Schools are farms not factories
Ever wondered why our schools look the way they do? Why do children go to school in groups of others their own age? Why are days divided...
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Elle Leher
- Mar 28
- 3 min
What is OCD anyway?
A friend is explaining his preferred way of eating gummies. He sorts them out by colour and (he insists) flavour and works his way from...
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Elle Leher
- Mar 21
- 4 min
4 Steps to beating anxious thoughts
Wisdom says you can’t feel your way to good thoughts but you can think your way to good feelings. Let me illustrate. Imagine I have a...
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Elle Leher
- Mar 14
- 3 min
How to change the way your family talks about anxiety
Of all the Wonderful insights and useful tips I’ve learned from Natasha Daniels about anxiety so far, this one has been the most pivotal:...
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Elle Leher
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Fight or flight from Paper Tigers: What Anxiety looks and feels like in your child
The therapist Dr Dan Peters, from the popular Parent Footprint podcast calls Anxiety a response to a PAPER TIGER. The part of the brain...
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Elle Leher
- Nov 22, 2022
- 4 min
Three amazing Dyslexic strengths that take time to form and One benefit of finding school hard
It’s tempting to think your dyslexic child’s current challenges will always be weaknesses. But the research indicates something else. At...
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Elle Leher
- Nov 8, 2022
- 4 min
Three keys to unlocking dyslexic strengths
It’s the first time I facilitate an online programme of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Course offered by NoticeAbility.org, day one...
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