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Who hasn’t had feelings flare? How can adults help kids in those uncomfortable and turbulent situations? Here are practical suggestions families can draw upon when kids are experiencing challenging or strong emotions, and need some support strategies.
This piece is about COLLABORATION. “It’s a means of extending knowledge, capacities, and experiences. Collaboration can be exciting, reassuring, fun, and motivating.” Find out more, including ideas to share with kids to help them learn the value of collaborative endeavors.
Identifying emotions is important when learning how to manage them. Communication is also key, as is awareness that feelings can spiral. Here are some thought-provoking clinical perspectives, and three proactive ways to offer kids emotional support.
Award-winning authors, Dona Matthews, PhD and Joanne Foster, EdD, share ten practical and timely suggestions that parents can apply throughout the school year to help children discover pathways for meaningful learning, and happy productivity.
Unusual or unexpected words can generate fresh perspectives and new realizations. I hope this piece will do just that! The focus is on BUMPTIOUSNESS, including what it is, and how it relates to social norms and children’s behavior.
The term “changing hats” aptly describes the many responsibilities parents take on. Here are ten examples (although there may be more, and different ones within families), along with tips for donning those hats with pride and proficiency.
This blog is one of my personal faves! Each day children confront challenges, and learn to develop brainpower, understand and regulate emotions, and summon courage. Here’s information, alongside several suggestions to help kids traverse the “yellow brick roads” of daily life.
Reflection is a learned skill that can benefit children in many ways—including helping them focus, understand change, and strengthen ways of engaging with their world. Here are four tips to help kids become more reflective.
Family squabbles can be disruptive and upsetting. Here’s some practical information to help family members engage with one another “thoughtfully and sensitively, rather than defiantly and heatedly”—plus you’ll find several proactive strategies to facilitate family harmony.