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How a Good Read Helps Your Child Thrive

Ever wondered if there was a connection between your child having their head in a book and how well they thrive in the world?

Dec 6, 2024

A child reading a book sitting in a room towering with books to illustrate how reading helps children thrive.

Dec 6, 2024

Think Before You Disclose Your Child’s Worries!

Not disclose your child’s worries? Sounds very anti-something! But there are a few occasions when it can benefit your child to hold back…

Mar 2

Two adults talking about an embarrassed child outside the school gate to illustrate the possible need to think before disclosing your child’s worries.

Mar 2

How Do You and Your Children Relax Best? A Fun Way to Find Out

It’s okay telling your child to relax, but how do they (and you!) relax best? Everyone’s different. But you can subtly bring their mode…

Feb 23

Children sitting around relaxing with music, reading or drawing.

Feb 23

The Devious Parent’s Way to Gather Essential Info Via a Family Board Game!

Discover what’s going on for them by how they take part in family games.

Feb 21

Intergenerational family sitting round a jigsaw to illustrate using family games to unearth information about a child’s feelings.

Feb 21

Tiger Mothers or Laissez- Faire: Does Strictness Cause Anxious Unhappy Children?

Some thoughts after reading Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother — and how to determine what being strict might mean for any parent.

Feb 15

A huge tiger towering over a little boy to illustrate being strict with children.

Feb 15

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Yuri-nome and the Wind

A creation story for your delectation! The perfect read for Valentine week!

Feb 14

Graphic digital depiction of Yuri-nome bouncing around in huge arcs alone in a dark universe.

Feb 14

A Trawl Through 7 Ways You Can Influence Your Child’s Social Anxiety For Better or Worse

Social anxiety is a beast! Let’s look at some helpful facts gleaned from various research papers over the years.

Feb 13

A father thinks petrified thoughts about a big dipper, while a child looks on, to illustrate whether the child picks up reactions from a parent.

Feb 13

Two Ways to Engage with Your Child Very Differently

You probably haven’t thought of these solutions to a niggling, occurring event, but they work!

Feb 12

Mother looking slightly harassed as two children ask for help or want reassurance.

Feb 12

What to Say When Your Child Says, “I’m Scared of Dying.”

We ourselves tend to bury the topic even when our mortality is staring us in the face every day. Makes it difficult to help our children!

Feb 8

Graphic grip reaper face towering over a kid running scared of dying.

Feb 8

Three ways to Distract an Anxious Six Year Old

You can’t reason when they’re in full survival mode, so distract them first. Like this.

Jan 31

Young child about to pick up a “treasure” from the garden path while being distracted by the hunt

Jan 31

Eleanor Patrick

Eleanor Patrick

Child therapist | Content specialist | Copywriter, editor, proofreader | https://eleanorpatrick.co.uk | empatrick@aol.com

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