Returning to school in a pandemic after months of home schooling is the challenge now facing most of our children. In this blog I have put together some suggestions for […]
Thoughts on Home Schooling
The results of the Parent Ping survey app (www.parentping.co) reported in The Observer (24.01.21, p.13) suggests that there is an increasing recognition of the stress that many parents are experiencing […]
Here’s to a Happy 2021
The fresh start that a New Year offers can be energising but the fact that we are in the middle of a global pandemic and researchers across the world […]
How Can Parents Support the Recovery Curriculum?
In his recent `Think Piece’ (2020) Barry Carpenter CBE, professor of Mental Health in Education at Oxford Brooks University reflects on the current crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic: “It […]
Understanding the impact and effect of COVID-19 on children and young people’s wellbeing.
Talking to Children about COVID19 (coronavirus) Listening to the news and reading about the increasing numbers of those in our communities suffering from COVID-19 can make even the most resilient […]
Part 2 : Growth Mindset: How to praise your child the right way.
As last month’s blog explored the easiest way for parents to promote a growth mind-set is through praise. Most of us encourage and praise our children naturally. Praise we believe […]
Part 1: How To Nurture A Growth Mindset.
Children spend over 16,000 hours between nursery and the end of high school cultivating the academic skills that are measured by standardized tests. However, recent research from the University of […]
Managing Children’s Fears – helping build their emotional intelligence & resilience.
Fear is one of our most basic and strongest emotions. Being afraid of certain things protects us from potential danger in order to make sure that we survive. The urge […]