One thing we don’t hear enough of is that it is futile to expect your kid to act in a certain way or to do certain things if he or she is not developmentally ready. We so often forget that childhood is not a race, and that no two kids are similar. Here are a […]
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Learning to Respond, Not React, to Your Child’s Anxiety
All children experience anxiety but how much of that anxiety is normal? It can be perplexing when your child has anxiety, especially because determining the source of that anxiety can leave you stressed and baffled. Moreover, anxiety manifests in the body in many different ways. While some children can become hypersensitive and jittery, others can […]
How to Help Kids Forge Habits That Stick
Habits dictate life. They dictate how we think about almost everything, how we react to situations and what we do or don’t do. Daily habits dictate our success or failure. As Aristotle said, “we are what we repeatedly do”. Evidence suggests that many habits formed early in life tend to stick tenaciously in adulthood. According […]
Calming Anger and Anxiety by Teaching Your Kid to Breathe
Everyone now knows that teaching kids to identify their emotions and learn to express them appropriately gives kids important tools to help them communicate more effectively. Solid evidence suggests that children who have learned to manage their emotions appropriately are more accountable for their actions (reactions) and are also more likely to be happier and […]
Why it Pays to Nurture Kids’ Self-Esteem, According to Science
Self-esteem issues are tricky and messy, especially when you’re a kid. Kids rarely know how to talk themselves out of moments of doubt, and they are less able to use techniques such as self-affirmation to overcome difficult moments. Kids are also terribly vulnerable. Research on the benefits of self-esteem abounds. The problem with low self-esteem […]