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Executive Skills Your Child Needs to Succeed
Coping Skills to Achieve Success at School "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes We're not born with all the skills to get things done successfully. Biological factors can influence how these...
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4 Ways To Help Your Child With Emotional Control
Is Your Child Struggling To Control Their Emotions? Does your child hold it together at school all day, but then falls apart as soon as they get home? They may struggle because of weak emotional control. We are often introduced to children who find controlling their...
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How to Encourage a Child to Talk About Their Feelings
Learning About Feelings is Important For People of All Ages Children who are able to understand and manage their feelings in a healthy way are more likely to stay calm in challenging situations and enjoy life experiences. Help Your Child Understand Different Kinds of...
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How to Help a Child with Anxiety
Is Anxiety Normal? Anxiety is an expected, normal and transient response to a stressful situation. It is an evolutionary hangover and one that has allowed us to be in the world today. But with today’s fast-paced lifestyle, social media and our inability to relax,...
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3 Ways to Help Your Child Deal With Disappointment
Can you remember the last time you felt disappointed? Perhaps things did not go to plan or as well as you had hoped? Or maybe someone forgot to do something, and as a result, you felt let down? Disappointment is a normal experience of sadness, anger, or frustration...
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How to Prevent Anxiety Disorders
Around one in five young people will experience anxiety or depression by the time they hit adulthood. Those who suffer from a young age are at greater risk of drug and alcohol abuse, risky sexual behaviour, suicide, poor academic outcomes and developing physical...
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Daily Routine Reminder Cards for Kids
Does Your Child Struggle With Their Daily Routine? You're not alone. As much as we try our best to implement routines in our daily lives, regular occurrences such as the morning school run can increase anxiety and stress amongst family members. So how might we be able...
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6 Ways To Build Resilience in Your Child
Resilience is important for a child's wellbeing. A resilient child copes better with problems, bounces back from adversity and builds upon their strengths to adapt. Here are 6 Ways to Build Resilience in Your Child which focuses on enhancing social and emotional...
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Reduce anxiety with this daily routine
Routines provide a sense of structure and familiarity Routines can help children to learn to constructively control themselves and their environments as well as internalise constructive habits such as basic self-care. This helps them feel stable and secure. However,...
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How To Relax The Mind
We are just so busy these days. Sometimes it can be helpful to remind ourselves to take out and relax more often. The Family Relaxation Menu can be used to encourage everyone in the family to set aside some time to relax. The kids might like to select an entree, main...
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