Gratitude can be invigorating! Adults can help young people become more aware of why being grateful matters, Discover insights and prompts for understanding gratitude, and useful tips to encourage kids to convey it in meaningful ways.
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Navigating Fresh Starts and Transitions
As families navigate new seasons and ventures, they encounter hopes, challenges, and the need for balance. Dr. Joanne Foster discusses the importance of optimism and embracing change, helping kids transition with confidence and self-assurance.
Helping Kids Develop Confidence
How does confidence develop? What are some misconceptions, and what fundamentals are required for confidence to build over time? Discover five useful strategies to help kids become more confident, plus other ways to support them.
Powering Through Change: Tips For Kids
Change is inevitable. However, it can be challenging! This blog provides self-motivating strategies children and teens can think about, act upon, and share with others. And, parents can encourage all these suggestions!
Summer Qualms? Supporting Kids In Times Of Change
Changes in routines and social situations are inevitable—for example, when the school year ends, or at holidays. Such transition times can be difficult for lots of children. Here are 7 tips for parents to help facilitate smooth change processes.
A Little Negotiation Can Go A Long Way
Maxine creatively negotiated her grade by combining her original rhymed book report with a conventional one, demonstrating the power of respectful dialogue and compromise in resolving academic disagreements.
Heartfelt Thoughts
Explore the profound connections between the heart’s physical and emotional roles, highlighting the importance of kindness, family bonds, and emotional well-being in children’s lives.
Fortifying Strengths
In ‘Fortifying Strengths,’ Dr. Foster provides ten practical pointers for parents to enhance resilience and coping skills in children during challenging times, emphasizing leadership, connection, mindfulness, and embracing individuality.
What to Do When Kids Are Upset?
This article provides strategies for parents to support children’s well-being when they’re upset, including giving them time to decompress, engaging in effective communication, and changing focus to nurture positivity and resilience.