How to Help an Anxious Child Without Making the Anxiety Worse Helping an anxious child is one of the more counterintuitive parenting challenges. The things that feel most helpful — reassuring them, removing the stressor, solving the problem — can inadvertently make...
Tantrums at Age 8, 9 and 10: What’s Normal and What Actually Helps If your 8, 9, or 10-year-old is still having meltdowns, you might be wondering whether something is wrong. The short answer is: probably not. Emotional outbursts in this age group are more common...
How to Teach Kids to Recognise and Name Their Emotions Teaching children to recognise and name their emotions is one of the highest-leverage things a parent can do for long-term wellbeing. A child who can name what they are feeling can manage it more effectively. Here...
Why Your Child Has Big Emotional Outbursts The outburst came out of nowhere. Or at least, that is how it felt. One minute things were fine; the next your child was sobbing, screaming, or slamming something. It did not come out of nowhere. There is always a reason....
Emotional Regulation Strategies That Actually Work for Kids Telling your child to “use their strategies” during a meltdown does not work. Not because the strategies are wrong — but because strategies need to be practised when your child is calm so they are...
What to Say When Your Child Is Completely Losing It There is a particular kind of paralysis that comes when your child is in the middle of a complete meltdown and you cannot find the right words. You know that what you say matters. You also know that most of what you...
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