Finding it difficult to get your child or teen to get moving? To work hard on school work? Here are some tips for this motivationally-challenged time of year!
Acceptance In Uncertain Times “Excitement gets caught like a lump in my throat and won’t pass through,” said my husband the other day and I was reminded of the reflection my son offered this summer… “I don’t get excited about plans because I know they probably won’t work out.” I’ve been wondering about why after …
How Can Parents Support their Children through Anxiety and Build Strength, Resilience, and Confidence? As we face so much uncertainty in our lives whether it involves election stress, pandemic worries, job fears, or school difficulties, parents and children alike are feeling the mounting pressure. It’s critical for families to continue their learning about how they …
How Can Parents Support their Children through the Anxiety that Comes with the New School Year and Build Strength, Resilience, and Confidence? As soon as Tina spied her daughter’s face walking toward the car after school, she knew something was wrong. Tina got out and said, “Are you okay?” but daughter Alyssa quickly shut her …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Anxiety, child anxiety, child worries, children and stress, dealing with stress, kids and confidence, Kids and Self-control, parenting anxiety, Resilience, Self management skills, teen anxiety, teen worries, worries
“That’s mine!” Sophie heard her daughter scream at her younger sibling from the next room. As Sophie turned her attention to the unfolding scene, she saw her upset child swipe a doll out of the hands of her sister and hit her across the shoulder. What should Sophie do next? Young children, as they begin …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Anger, Anger management, Anxiety, Dealing with Anger, Emotional Intelligence, Kids and anger, kids breathing, kids calming down, modeling emotional intelligence, Parenting, parents and anger, understanding anger, young children anger, young children tantrums, young children upset
Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. – Lyman Abbott As the temperature gauge slightly rises outdoors allowing us to shed our winter layers, our emotional temperature gauge shoots even higher in anticipation of the much-craved heat to come. From elation to frustration, we are working and …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Amygdala, Anger, Anger management, Anxiety, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional management, Emotional safety, Emotional safety plan, Intense emotions, Mental health intervention, Mental health resources, Mental Health support, Plan for Intense Emotions, Primal brain, Problem solving, Sustained crisis
NBC Universal’s Education Nation “Parent Toolkit” published an article today by Jennifer Miller on their blog entitled “A Better Version of Yourself.” It highlights what you can do as a parent to deal with anger and anxiety in the heat of the moment with your children. From “A Better Version of Yourself“: As parents, we …
…When I want sincerity tell me where else can I turn? Because you’re the one I depend upon. – Honesty by Billy Joel1 “I’m fine. Really. Fine.” From that statement, are you convinced that I’m fine? Even without hearing the tone of my voice, there’s a clear subtext. “I’m not fine. I can’t bring myself …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Anxiety, Cool down, Emotional awareness, Emotional honesty, Empathy, Expressing feelings, Feeling words, Feelings guessing game, Feelings vocabulary, Identifying feelings, Modeling, Reinforce, Remind, Self awareness
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it. – Tori Amos When a parent gets sick, life goes on. Kids have to get up and get ready for school. Lunches must be packed. Homework has to get accomplished. It can be a real struggle …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Emotional boundaries, Empathy, forgiveness, Healing, Mental health, Parenting and sickness, Recovery, Security, Self awareness, Self-compassion, Transitions
Your focus is your reality. – Yoda, Star Wars I, The Phantom Menace As I entered the final stretch before Christmas, I paused, amidst my color coded lists of menu planning, decorating, present wrapping, gift creating, house cleaning and broken toy mending. I could feel my anxiety mounting to frenzy status and needed to quiet …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Anxiety, Attention, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Focus, Focus; The Hidden Driver of Excellence, Focused attention, Holidays, Presence, Self-management, Social awareness, Stress management