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The worries are real - how to help anxiety in our children

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. In March this year I was delivering a seminar as part of the Twins Trust annual Volunteer Day. It was on the topic of anxiety in children but little did I know that when I delivered this talk that we would be heading into a pandemic and that anxiety in not only our children, but also in adults would increase dramatically over the following weeks.

Anxiety is a word that very few people want to associate with children as we want our children to be carefree, happy and certainly don’t want them to worry or have anxiety over anything. We need to be aware that anxiety can span over a significant range from mild worry which can be absolutely natural such as doing an exam or going to a new place for the first time, through to something that can be extremely worrying and can have impact on both physical and mental wellbeing.

Is your child’s behaviour during lockdown telling you something?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Any behaviours that we see in either children or adults are a bi-product of the emotions and feelings that the individual is feeling at this time. As adults we are tend to have greater control over managing our behaviour, however when we are at heightened times of stress or anxiety we often struggle to do this and can to react in different ways, saying things that we don’t mean, getting cross with people or feeling sad or upset when we don’t really know why. I am sure that lots of adults have been feeling a range of emotions over the last few weeks and will continue to over the coming months; this is the same for our children but their triggers might just be different.

Behaviour, LockdownRebekah Frankcom21 April 2020parenting, families, development, parenting tips, behaviour, lockdown, emotions, routine

Getting to know... Natalie Costa, Creator of Power Thoughts

Natalie Costa (@powerthoughtsnc on Instagram powerthoughts.co.uk) Power Thoughts is a teaching, coaching and mindfulness based service which is aimed at empowering children to tap into the ‘power’ of their minds. Children are taught how to become confident, resilient and robust, developing a ‘can-do’ attitude that allows them to flourish both in and out of the classroom setting.

Getting to know, BehaviourRebekah Frankcom5 February 2020mental health, families, children, mindfullness, confidence, resilience, can-do attitude, emotions, managing emotions, neurons, listen, connect, breathing, meditation

Top Tips for Supporting Toddler Behaviour

Written for SR Nutrition by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant.

Following on from our post on Supporting Toddler Behaviour, we are now sharing our Top Ten Tips to Supporting Toddler Behaviour.

Read more here…

BehaviourRebekah Frankcom27 September 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, Toddlers, behaviour, parenting tips

Supporting Toddler Behaviour

Written for SR Nutrition by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant.

The not so ‘Terrible Twos’?

We often assume that our children have adult logic in order to understand the world that they are in. The first and most important thing we need to do is to remember that they are children – they have only been in this world for 18 months/ 2 years and are just trying to make sense of their ever-changing environment.

What are we experiencing on a day to day with our toddlers? The temper tantrum? Demanding certain clothes/colour of cups/toys, positioned in a certain way? Are they answering “no” to anything you ask them? Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? Do you feel that you are continually saying “no” but with no results?

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