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The way we speak to our kids can impact their wellbeing in the most profound ways. When they’re upset or distressed, here are some ideas of how to respond with empathy so as to boost their physical and mental health, now, and over their lifetime.
Talking with kids when they are anxious can be hard work for parents and teachers. Sometimes just one word out of place or spoken with the wrong tone of voice can get a child’s back up, upset them or make …
What do a baby, a three year old and a fifteen year old have in common? Each is an age of bonding, which is a vital developmental task of childhood. A baby bonds with their mother (and father) Forming bonds …
Self-consciousness can be awful. It’s the feeling you get that everyone is looking at you. It makes kids feel anxious about going into new situations, and impacts negatively on their quality of life. Self-consciousness tends to come and go over …
The impact of sibling on the development of a child is vastly under-rated. It’s through interactions with siblings that we learn how to relate to others; how to share, fight, argue, give way and apologise. But a child’s sibling relationships …
Sibling fighting is common but not inevitable. Parents can easily become embroiled in the conflict so that they help create the problem rather than solve it. Children usually become quite adept at drawing their parents into sibling fighting. Be mindful of …
If your kids constantly fight with each other, then don’t despair. All that emotional energy isn’t going to waste. According to a recent study sibling fighting teach kids important conflict resolution skills. In fact, parents who stop their children from …
Rumination is the ruination of a peaceful mind. If you’ve ever spent a sleepless night worrying then you’ll know how problems always seem bigger when you keep tossing them around in your head. It can seem like everything is stacked …
Respond well, rather than react to their anxieties Many children are born to worry. The environment they live in may contribute, but worry and anxiousness is in their nature. As a parent of a worrier, and also a born worrier …
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