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Dealing With Big Emotions? What’s A Parent To Do?
Teach your child self-regulation at home. Your child has anxious feelings, big emotions and outbursts that make you feel helpless. You wonder, “What can I do? Nothing seems to be working.” The real question is what tools should I use to help my child. The Zones of...
How Nature Art Can Be A Stress Buster For Kids
Guest post by Sandi Schwartz Art may seem like just a fun way to keep kids busy, but it has so many remarkable benefits including helping them feel more relaxed. Creativity provides a healthy outlet for children to express and cope with their emotions in a safe, calm...
Resiliency: How To Build It
Help your kids “Bounce Back.” Have you ever asked yourself these questions about your children? “Why does she give up so easily?” “How come my son gets discouraged as soon as things get hard?” “Why aren’t they willing to try anything new?” Many...
What To Do Before, During and After A Meltdown
Want fewer meltdowns? Another Meltdown?! It always happens at the most inconvenient time. Walking down the aisle at Target, in front of extended family, or while on a family vacation. Meltdowns happen everywhere, and over anything. And as parents, we don't always know...
Make Anxiety In Kids Disappear With Gratitude
change the negative to a positive Negative thinking is a common symptom of anxiety in children. Unfortunately, negative thinking can cause a cycle that is hard to break out of, leading to more anxious feelings. One way to fight those negative thoughts is...
Take Control Of Technology And Sleep
How Technology Impacts Sleep For Your Child How do technology and sleep go together and should they? Great question! We think of them as needing to be separate in order to be successful. For example, if we want our kids to get a good night’s sleep, we need to take...
How To Know When To Get Your Child A Phone
How do you know when to get your child a phone? When is that magical age? Over 84% of the world’s population owns a smartphone according to Bank My Cell. But even more surprising is that in the United states, over HALF of children under 11 have a smartphone reports...
Need Parenting Help Due To Overparenting?
Are You Overparenting? Overparenting is so easy to do! I still do it. I have to remind myself, frequently, to stop overparenting. Trying to control the situation, and how it will end up, is not healthy for anyone. It puts stress on parents and also puts stress on the...
Social Emotional Learning Builds School Success
SELF REGULATION CAN HELP All parents want their child to succeed in school and in life. Self regulation can help. Do you know that this success depends more on the child’s social and emotional strength than on their reading, writing and arithmetic? Social Emotional...
Why Teens Need Self Care
Who needs self care? Often times you think it needs to be a stressed out adult working a job, raising a family, and possibly going through a mid life crisis. But did you know that it is just as important for teens to practice self care? Teens...