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GrowKind is a space for parents and caregivers who want to raise kind and emotionally strong children, using gentle parenting tools, emotional support strategies and play therapy interventions.

03/10/2026

Every big idea starts small - ours began with a love for learning and a belief that curiosity should never be tamed. 🌿

Grounded Roots Education is growing something special for families across South Africa. Stay tuned!

27/09/2026

Sometimes we are so quick to help our children.

“Put that one there.”
“No, look at this one.”
“Here, let me show you.”

But look what happens when we wait.

When we give them a few extra seconds to look, think, try and decide for themselves.

Those quiet little pauses are where confidence grows.

Sometimes helping less is actually giving them more. 🌱

02/09/2026

Kwaad is nie ’n slegte emosie nie—maar klein lyfies het soms hulp nodig om te verstaan wat om daarmee te doen. 🌿

Mila skud haar kwaad uit help kinders om kwaad te herken, te benoem en veilig uit hulle lyfies te laat beweeg.

R169 per boek. Stuur vir my ’n boodskap om jou kopie te bestel. 🤍

18/08/2026

You have ten minutes left.”

It sounds like a clear warning to us, but to a young child, ten minutes is still an invisible and confusing idea.

Young children understand transitions more easily when we make time visible. You can:

🌿 Show the remaining time with your hands, gradually making the space smaller
🌿 Use a visual timer
🌿 Point to where the clock hand will be when time is finished
🌿 Use the same song or alarm before a regular transition

I started doing this with Tovah when she was very small. As she grew, we moved from using our hands to using the clock. Now she can monitor her own screen time and switch off the television independently.

That is the longer-term goal: not simply getting our children to obey us in the moment, but giving them tools they can eventually use without us.

You can use this far beyond screen time. When leaving a friend’s house, stopping play, preparing for bedtime or moving on to the next activity.

How do you help your child understand how much time is left? 🌿

Screen time doesn’t always end in chaos because a child is naughty, spoiled or “addicted.”Often, the transition itself i...
16/08/2026

Screen time doesn’t always end in chaos because a child is naughty, spoiled or “addicted.”

Often, the transition itself is difficult.

Young children don’t understand time in the same way adults do. “You have ten minutes left” may sound clear to us, but ten minutes is still an invisible and confusing idea to them.

We can make these transitions gentler by:

🌿 Making the remaining time visible
🌿 Explaining what will happen next
🌿 Offering simple choices within the boundary
🌿 Acknowledging their feelings while still holding the limit

The goal isn’t a child who never becomes upset when screen time ends. The goal is to help them practise these transitions until, over time, they can manage them more independently.

And these tools aren’t only for screen time. They can help when it’s time to leave a friend’s house, stop playing, get into the bath or prepare for bedtime too.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing more practical ways to help children move through everyday transitions with greater confidence and connection. 🌿

Which transition causes the biggest struggle in your home?

13/08/2026

If switching off the TV or tablet always seems to end in chaos, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your child is naughty, spoiled or addicted to screens.

Moving from something highly stimulating and enjoyable to something less exciting can be a very difficult transition for a young brain. When screen time ends suddenly, their body may react before they can calmly process what is happening.

This doesn’t mean that we remove the boundary because our child becomes upset. The boundary can still remain: screen time is finished.

But we can make the transition gentler by giving warnings beforehand, following a predictable routine, explaining what will happen next and staying calm and connected when big feelings arrive.

The goal isn’t to prevent every meltdown. It is to help our children move through difficult transitions with support. 🌿

Does ending screen time cause chaos in your home too?

09/08/2026

Gehoorsaamheid en emosionele regulering is nie altyd dieselfde ding nie.

’n Kind wat veilig voel om emosies te wys, gee ons die geleentheid om hulle te help verstaan en hanteer. 🌿

Wanneer ons net probeer om ’n kind se kwaad so vinnig moontlik te stop, mis ons soms die boodskap daaragter.Kwaad is nie...
05/08/2026

Wanneer ons net probeer om ’n kind se kwaad so vinnig moontlik te stop, mis ons soms die boodskap daaragter.

Kwaad is nie ’n teken dat ons kind sleg, stout of ondankbaar is nie. Dit is dikwels ’n teken dat iets binne hulle te groot geraak het om alleen te dra.

Kinders leer emosionele regulering deur dit eers saam met ons te ervaar.

Wat help jou kind gewoonlik wanneer kwaad groot raak?

Kwaad kan baie groot voel in ’n klein lyfie.Soms kom dit uit as skree, huil, stamp of ’n lyfie wat eenvoudig nie meer we...
02/08/2026

Kwaad kan baie groot voel in ’n klein lyfie.

Soms kom dit uit as skree, huil, stamp of ’n lyfie wat eenvoudig nie meer weet wat om met al daardie gevoelens te doen nie.

Mila skud haar kwaad uit wys vir kinders dat kwaad nie ’n “slegte” emosie is nie. Deur Mila se storie leer hulle om die gevoel raak te sien, dit te benoem en dit veilig deur hulle lyf te laat beweeg.

’n Sagte Afrikaanse storie vir ouers, onderwysers en elke klein mensie wat nog leer wat om met groot gevoelens te doen. 🤍

Bestellings vir die volgende Mila-pakkies is nou oop.

Stuur vir my ’n boodskap om jou kopie te bestel. 🌿

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