Mindblown: Happy Confident Kids Blog
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Parent Testimonial
“It was a really good session last week thank you! We have been able to draw a lot form it!”
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Parent Testimonial, Kenilworth
“My daughter loved attending Happy Confident Kids’ workshops. We both learnt some great tools/skills to use when she needs them. It was a brilliant boost of self-esteem, allowing her to explore how she feels and promoting her own self-confidence.”
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Reasons why your relationship with your child might be a struggle.
There are three key areas of the parent-child relationship. This refers to the connection between an adult caregiver (usually a biological or adoptive parent) and their offspring. This relationship involves the physical, emotional, and social interactions that occur between a parent and a child.
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Workshop Testimonial
“Sally is absolutely child-centred and I can not recommend her highly enough. She was such a key part of making our children’s event an enormous success and we are so grateful to her flexible and generous approach to supporting our entire event whilst offering such a high-quality session during her times with the different groups…
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Pre-teen 1-2-1 coaching session online
“Really helpful to have explanations around why we can feel a certain way. It is good for Rose to hear from you that these techniques are useful for everyone and not just young children. She was a little more relaxed last night which was good to see.”
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Parent Testimonial
“Thank you, Laura. You have been wonderful. I am so happy we found you and will be in touch for a top-up session when we need it. For now, I think ** has the tools he needs to hold his head high at school and at home.”
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How to cope with the pressures of the cost-of-living crisis as a family
In this blog, you’ll not only find some helpful suggestions for easing the pressures with some practical life hacks but also tips on how to lower the impact of stress upon you and your children.
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Dealing with kids anxiety and overwhelm
We can all suffer from anxiety; it is a part of our survival instinct and designed to keep us alive. However, anxiety can also be over-active, unrealistic, tell us lies and falsely keep firing off; this can create a state of fear.
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Child Testimonial
“The workshops are the best thing ever, and it makes us really confident. If we had to stand up and talk in front of other people, we would be really confident. We made an angry wolf and a happy wolf and we were shown how to breathe in and out to help with our anger.”
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How do I feel?
Recognising emotions is a key skill for children to learn as part of learning how to manage states.Some children learn to name ‘states’ quicker than others. Some children find it very difficult to know the ‘states’ that they feel.
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How to give advice to your child if they have questions about their sexuality or gender
How to help your child if they think they may be LGBTQ+
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Signs of grief in a child
When a child experiences death their life may be greatly impacted.Children will observe how adults express their emotions or not. They will learn how grown-ups react to questions about death.Together with their age and developmental stage their observations and experience will be the setting the foundations for how they will grieve.
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How to help children confidently transition from Year 6 to Year 7
Moving on to a new school from Year 6 to Year 7 is a big life event for our children. Our summer blog looks at ways in which you can help smooth the transition and blast the nerves away in a few steps!
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Teacher Testimonial
“Running the Happiness and Resilience Workshops has been a real positive for our pupils. We were focusing upon wellbeing long before Covid-19, but now workshops such as these are even more important. Our aim at High Meadow Community School is to optimise the mental and health and well-being of all our children, so they feel…
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Coaching Testimonial
“Laura is one of those incredible people you have to meet in order to believe. Her enthusiasm and positivity are contagious; her approach is simple and effective. If you’re open to new experiences and you’re ready to take that step, to make that change, I recommend you pick up the phone and call Laura. The…
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How we can help our children positively manage their feelings of anger
Feelings of anger are completely natural and healthy, helping us learn and navigate through life. It’s when anger turns into aggression or violence that it becomes a problem.
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How to recognise the signs and what to do if your child is self-harming
Self-harm is when someone deliberately hurts themselves as a coping strategy to release a build-up of tension and manage distress, and overwhelming and often complex emotions or situations that feel out of their control and influence. Conversely, they could feel numb and self-harm is a way to feel ‘something’. Often a sign something isn’t quite…
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Becoming a Happy Confident Kids Coach
When Happy Confident Kids was originally founded, it was to serve a very specific purpose: To teach children the emotional foundation blocks of life. In a world where academia is […]
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