Jennifer Dimech

If you’ve explored positive parenting, you’ve likely heard this advice: stay calm, validate emotions, and co-regulate instead of punish. It’s powerful guidance — but many parents still ask: “Does that mean I have to drop everything whenever my child is upset? Am I...

As both a psychologist and a mum of two young girls growing up here in Malta, I know how tempting it can be to rely on digital devices to keep children entertained. Screens are everywhere, and the pressure to give kids ‘smartphones’ or ‘tablets’ “because everyone...