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Facing Challenges Head On – Teaching Perseverance for Kids
One of the most difficult things for any human being to accomplish is perseverance. The ability to keep going, even when things get tough, doesn't tend to come naturally to most of us. However, there are ways that you can teach your kids perseverance...
Teaching Kids “Practical Gratitude” – Achieving While Appreciating!
“Gratitude is an attitude”! Being thankful not only makes us happier ‘in the moment’, but improves our overall mindset, giving us everything from better sleep to a stronger immune system, which makes it an essential skill to instil in our little ones....
How To Praise Your Child (And When Not To)!
As a parent, I am sure you might be thinking that praising your child for their innate skills improves their self-esteem. Well, you are right, it does. However, praising your child for their inborn skills also encourages them to develop a fixed mindset as opposed to a...
4 Ways You Can Cultivate Kindness and Empathy in Children
Developing, recognising and maintaining connections is essential for everyone's well being and happiness. When relationships are the key to life satisfaction, we need to learn from an early age to establish boundaries and attributes that encourage strong,...
5 Tips to Help Kids Eat (and think) Healthy
A healthy, balanced diet can have a profound impact on children’s physical health. Nutritious foods can also benefit children by helping to prevent mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression and ADHD. If your kids are picky eaters, transitioning to a...
How a Growth Mindset Can Make Homework Fun!
What do you think of when you hear the word 'homework'? Tears and tantrums or a chance to learn something new? Homework is a way for children to solidify what they have learned at school and introduce them to new topics, and not be a cause for emotional...
4 Ways To Help Your Child Make Friends At School
Socialising is an important part of a child's growth and making friends isn’t something kids are taught at school. The last thing we want to think is that our kids have no friends at school, so we need to teach them how to make friends. Unlike getting along...
4 Tricks to Help Your Little Ones Go To Sleep
Insufficient sleep can make kids cranky and make it difficult for them to remember what they have learnt, behave properly, pay attention, and concentrate in school. Depending on their age, your children will require a minimum number of sleep hours to function...
Six Tips For Raising A Confident Child
Children with high self-esteem tend to do better academically, are happier, and have higher frustration tolerance. Helping kids foster a growth mindset is one of the greatest gifts you can give to a child. Here are six tips for raising a confident child. 1....
Positive Self Talk And Why It’s Important
Did you know we talk to ourselves in our head more than all our other conversations combined? Our self-talk makes up a whopping 80% of all our of communication!! Since we talk to ourselves so much, it’s super important that we’re being positive and kind. That’s...