Anxiety
Free printable activities & reward charts
Free worry tree to help ease your kids fears
Even little ones need help coping with anxiety; worrying is part of life as an adult, and children can struggle to cope with the stresses and strains that their life throws at them. Something that appears to be a little worry to you, can be a very big thing for a three or four year […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
No more shy kids: how to effectively boost your child’s confidence
“Hey, I want you to meet my boy,” Says an eager and proud parent to friends and neighbours. The neighbour replies: “Oh, he is so cute. If only he doesn’t hide his face that much.” Have you been in one of these situations? Have you been in social gatherings and casual meet-ups where your […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
Parenting snapshots: How to cope with Separation anxiety
In this week’s parenting snapshot we talk about separation anxiety. Separation anxiety is more common in younger children and toddlers, especially when they are aware you are about to leave them. There is no set age when it starts occurring but the usual age seems to be between 1-2 years old and often with no […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
Parenting tales from the sofa: Child anxiety
We recently met up with Beckie Whitehouse, life coach from Be Confident Coaching, to discuss child anxiety and how we can help them deal with their worries. Many things can spur worries in your child including starting a new school, a new baby or moving house. Life events such as these can have an effect […]
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Parenting Tips Linky: How to help with anxiety in children
My daughter can be a bit of a worrier, and I know that she isn’t the only one as well; anxiety in children can be a serious worry for us parents. How to deal with it, how we can ease fears, and so on. Therefore, in a time when many kids are going back to […]
Healthy lifestyle tips
Why 45 mins of your time could save mummy’s life…. #GiveBlood
This is a sponsored post. That’s a pretty bold statement isn’t it….but according to the World Health Organisation (WHO): “Every day, about 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. “ One of the key causes of these maternal deaths is complications caused by severe loss of blood. Today is World Blood Donation Day and WHO, supported by Benenden, […]
School
Pre-schooling for your toddler: 5 things you should know
Photo Credit: Pregnancy and Baby – Preparing your child for preschool or daycare The pre-schooling transition may be something big for your child; it was perhaps less so for mine as they had been in nursery for a while, but new situations are never easy for little people. It is natural for them to feel […]
Bedtime
Five steps to a positive bedtime routine for kids
As my daughter has got older, her worries have become more pronounced. I have written about her anxieties on the blog before, and we have tried to alleviate them with various methods within our bedtime routine, from posters to help them take flight, to worry stones that she can use to “take her worries away” […]
Free printable activities & reward charts
How to help a worried child with simple personalised posters
You may have noticed that Chatterbox, my eldest, can be a little bit of an anxious child. Night-time seems to be when her worries come out the most; it’s when I process what has happened during the day and she is no different. Our resident parenting coach has offered some assistance on what to do […]
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10 top tips to help your worried child cope with their fears
We have a worried child in the family ….. He worries about his health, school, work, consequences of things i.e. not crossing the road but what if he eats something and has mud on his hands, “can you catch heart attacks” or hearing about an illness asking if it will happen to him. It involves […]
