Video : how to help kids release ‘negative’ feelings Watch Carol’s Tuesday tip on how to help children release ‘negative’ feelings. By understanding that children feel their emotions intensely, and that feelings are like waves that build until they crash, psychologist Carol Surya gives ideas on how to help your child let go of ‘negative’ feelings. For children, feelings can change from one...
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For kids it’s all about feelings Noticed how four year olds can have a melt down in a few seconds? Children’s feelings can range from being totally happy the one moment, to tears of frustration and utter despair the next. Sometimes our kids seem impossible to understand! This is because for children, less is said in words, and more is said through behaviour (i.e. body language). So to really understand them, we need to look at...
Read MoreClick here to read this month’s newsletter to discover more about the Power of Play, and top tips for playing with your kids. There are also links to our YouTube channel with tips on play, as well as events, deals and words from our very happy JoziKids competition winner. ...
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Video : Disciplining with heart : a balance of compassion and firmness Watch Carol discuss how to discipline with heart – what it is and how to do it. An approach that combines compassion and firmness in equal measure, so that children get to feel heard and respected, while at the same time learn from the consequences of their choices. Instead of constantly nagging and feeling frustrated, when we discipline with heart something...
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Video : Responsibility Carol talks about responsibility and how the word literally means the ‘ability’ to ‘respond’, and that by encouraging children by giving them plenty of choices and consequences, they can easily learn to become responsible. “I like to break the word into two, to remind myself that responsibility really is about our ability to respond. As parents, we’d like our children to have...
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