HOW TO HELP INTROVERTS TO BE HAPPY AND THRIVE AT SCHOOL
Schools are designed for extroverts, so how can we help an introvert student to do more than just cope at school? How can we help introverts thrive?
BENEFITS OF TEENAGE JOBS: FIRST JOB, SECOND EDUCATION
The benefits of teenage jobs are huge. They are a step in the journey from child to adult. They build skills, teach responsibility, and introduce kids to great mentors and friends.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GIRLS AND THEIR FRENEMIES
What is relational aggression and how do we stop it? It’s one of the biggest challenges facing schools and parents. Why does it happen? How can you make a difference?
FRIENDSHIP LESSONS FROM A FISHBOWL
Friendship ideas and understandings can be hard to explain to kids, but this analogy works. Here are 7 friendship lessons from a fishbowl.
BUILD A STRONG EMOTIONAL LAUNCHPAD AND KIDS WILL FLY
Promoting emotional growth in our kids is an ongoing and sometimes difficult process. Here are 10 tips that will make a difference.
Does Your Home Promote Resilience in Your Kids?
What is it about some kids? They just seem to be able to roll with the punches, while others are demolished by the smallest challenge. Is it nature or nurture? Realistically it is probably both but there are definitely environmental elements that help build resilience from a young age.
These 7 factors help to create an environment that gives children a strong grounding from which to develop.
How To Respond To Your Child's Friendship Problems
For an adolescent, friendships are incredibly important, often akin to love affairs. In them, they find an identity and a place in their newly-emerging, social network. Naturally, when something goes wrong it can feel devastating.
So what do you do and say when your child comes to you broken hearted and feeling as though their world is crumbling?
CONNECTING WITH YOUR TEEN: FINDING THE 10 SECONDS OF GOLD
The parent-teenager relationship is complex. How do you find and maintain a connection? Here are 10 strategies to help you find the gold!
WHAT IS THE QUESTION THAT WILL HELP KIDS FIND HEALTHY FRIENDSHIPS?
It’s natural, kids want to fit in, but sometimes that need to fit in leads them to ignore the most important question they should be asking themselves about their friends.
You Know Empathy is Important, but How Can You Teach It?
Developing empathy in children of any age is vital. But how? And why do tweens and teens struggle with empathy? 10 useful strategies included.
What Do Teachers Do With All Those Holidays?
Contrary to popular kid mythology, teachers don’t stay at school over the holidays drinking coffee and waiting for them to return. So what do they do?
Practical Ways to Grow Your Child's Grit
We want our kids to have grit. It is a proven indicator of success, even more influential than intelligence. So how do we develop it?
