Are you slightly addicted to your Facebook newsfeed? Are there people that you follow blindly? I’ve had to take a little step back and remind myself that these people that I follow – well, they are human too. They have prejudices and cognitive biases and a range of distorted perceptions that I sometimes forget exist because I get sucked in to…
Look at what is going on within your household and in your own mind and develop your own strategies to address these issues. While genetics plays a part, children are little sponges who will absorb much of what is happening within their home environment.
There are two things that we have to focus on when learning to recognize feelings. Bodily sensations and words. Noticing their bodily sensations, children can become aware that they are feeling a particular way.
So now what? You’ve done some reading and you are pretty sure your child is demonstrating anxiety related behaviours. The household is getting more and more tense as everyone struggles to cope with uncontrollable emotional outbursts. This tension starts to make communication difficult and strained, and everyone feels as if they are either on the verge of tears, or an…
It doesn’t matter how old your child is, or how many children you have, recognising and managing anxiety in children can often stretch parents to their outer limits of coping! While some children will meet the diagnostic standards for generalised anxiety (as assessed by a mental health professional ), others most definitely will not. That said, not fulfilling the criteria…
