Whilst this book is not written just for parents, it’s really helpful in learning key insights and tools about nurturing yourself. It’s about observing your own thoughts and creating an attitude of compassion for oneself. It’s only when we learn to be kind to ourselves that we can really learn to be kind to our children!
Power struggles or challenging behaviour with your youngster? Guest blogger Marie Reilly shares how she developed a mindful approach to parenting to create effective discipline.
Alfie Kohn’s wise and witty book is a great addition to professional and parents’ bookshelves about what’s needed for children to thrive. This book is an easy read but don’t underestimate the power of its message.
A recently formed Facebook page ‘Meath Against Bullies’ has highlighted the issue of children facing severe bullying within the school context. Parent Coach Val Mullally writes a response: ‘When Your Child’s Rejected at School’.
Naomi Richards, also known as The Kids’ Coach, has written a simple and yet powerful book that any parent can find easy to assimilate. Naomi has a warm, easy to read approach with clear guidelines and practical examples on developing a coaching approach to Parenting.
This beautifully illustrated book is a helpful tool for parents to support their children to increase creativity while lowering stress and anxiety levels.
This beautifully illustrated book is a a very helpful tool for parents to support their children to develop the skill of self affirmation. I’d particularly recommend it as an accompaniment for the Indigo Ocean Relaxation CD for children who may not be familiar with ocean creatures, as it will give great visual support.
This beautifully illustrated book is a a very helpful tool for parents to support their children to manage angry feelings and to be able to learn to ‘let go’ the strong emotion and relax. Interestingly Amazon reviews include one from a mother of a child challenged with autism and and a teen challenged with Aspergers and ADHD. She has found them of benefit to both children. A useful tool to help children talk about and learn how to manage big emotions.
The professional quality of the recording is evident and I like the background noises that help to create the scene and support the child to focus on breathing. The second track re affirmations introduces a number of creatures that might not be familiar to children living away from the sea and therefore I’d recommend to also buy the beautifully illustrated story book ‘Affirmation Weaver’ as a visual support. (Fabulous books to support the other visualisatons are also available).
I particularly enjoyed the ‘Angry Octopus’ and think that many children (and adults!) would benefit from this. These relaxation activities can have a calming effect and strengthen the child’s ability to cope with stressful conditions, which is likely to leading to better emotional balance, improved thinking, attention and immune system. Like buying fresh fruit, this audio is something that’s enjoyable and healthful for our children!
This book has key insights and tools into what’s needed to help our children and ourselves to ‘think clearly’. In this book you’ll discover the ten key components on how to create a Listening Environment, whether you’re thinking about home, work or any other situation. The value of this in creating happier, healthier environments, both at home and even globally, cannot be overestimated.
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