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Rupture and repair; The complex relationship with your child

4th June 2020

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions

Child raising is not for the feint-hearted. You are gifted this little individual, hell-bent on cutting their very own path through life. It means that as you go through all the ages and stages of child-raising – right into adulthood, you’re going to experience lots of bumps in the parenting path as your child figures…

“I never get it right!” Coping with a Negative Nelly

10th May 2019

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions

Perhaps this is something you hear often; “I can’t do it!” or “I never get anything right!” or “I’m such a loser!” We’re really talking about disposition and mindset here aren’t we – the genetic and experientially-informed lens through which we see life? ‘The glass half empty,’ is often the term of reference applied to…

A little child looks sad and frustrated. The girl has her hand over her head for a parenting or tired concept.

Working with the worry-monster; understanding childhood anxiety

8th March 2019

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions

Being the parent or teacher of the child who worries causes its own feelings of anxiety. It’s a tricky beast anxiety – showing up in all sorts of often surprising ways and usually at inconvenient moments too. Some childhood anxieties are normal and to be expected Our little ones are very little to be taking…

8 ways to build emotional and mental resilience

11th November 2018

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Social

Life, as it happens, is rarely a smooth ride for most of us. From tiny little bumps in the path, to great big seemingly insurmountable hazards, it’s fair to say that everyone needs some immunisation against those trials and challenges in order to stay the path of life. Resilience is that immunisation against the to-be-expected…

Victim or victor mentality – let’s teach the skills for success

28th October 2018

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Social

Have you ever had the “enormous pleasure” of a coffee catch-up with someone who is always ‘done-to’ in their life? Here – you’ll know what we mean now… Friend: You’ll never guess what happened to me this week You: Oh no – sounds serious. What happened? Friend: I parked in the car park near the…

Designing a strong moral future for your child

17th October 2018

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Society, Wellbeing - Uplifting

You might have heard the phrase ‘Virtues and Values’ in your school community and wondered what that actually meant. Surely that’s the very foundation of all good parenting? Teaching the values of hard work and determination, respect, inclusion, tolerance – parenting bread and butter. But is it? In a world of rapid change, of struggling…

What sinks your child’s emotional boat?

1st October 2018

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting

There’s a bit to cope with in childhood. Getting used to the way the big people in your life show their love and care. Learning a whole language. Learning about building relationships with other little, middle-sized and big people. Experiencing new tastes, sensations, smells and sounds – all at differing levels of intensity and sometimes…

small children playing tug of war and having fun

Part 2: The importance of play in bullying prevention – the reactive skills

6th March 2018

Claire Orange

Bullying, Early Childhood, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Social

Proactive and reactive skills – we need them all It used to be a big saying – respond, don’t react. Somehow the word ‘react’ conjures images of a loud, messy and rather undignified emotional meltdown to one of life’s harsh realities. However, in this context we’re going to use ‘reactive’ to describe a set of…

Part 1: The importance of play in bullying prevention – the proactive skills

4th March 2018

Claire Orange

Bullying, Early Childhood, Wellbeing - Emotions, Wellbeing - Learning, Wellbeing - Social

The link between decreased play and increased bullying With more and more time taken from play in the early years of education is it little surprise that there is an increase in bullying behaviours in the primary years. Whilst children may (and this is questionable) be leap-frogging ahead with the 3 R’s – Reading, wRiting…

Angry child yelling with hands in the air

10 powerful ways to calm the angry child

14th October 2017

Claire Orange

Early Childhood, Parenting, Wellbeing - Emotions

Have you got one of these children – the one who angers easily, who flares up, who erupts – even unpredictably sometimes. Being the parent or teacher of one of these children is exhausting because sometimes the anger can feel intensely personal and hurtful. And even though, as a big grown up, you tell yourself…

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