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“I'll give you something to cry about”: Enhancing emotional resilience in children.
Should we always validate feelings?
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The Curse of Compassion: when over-empathising has unintended consequences.
How excessively empathetic approaches can negatively affect children's development.
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Oh behave! The tactics of a temper tantrum
How to analyse the function of children's behaviour
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Because I said so, that's why
Parents used to rule the roost, what's changed?
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Don't hate the player, hate the gaming industry
The pros and cons of gaming and the consequences of childhood addiction.
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Kids need Cardio, not Counselling
The benefits of regular exercise on children's mental and physical health
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The Epidemic of Discipline Deficit Disorder
How a lack of self-restraint leads to self-destruction
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The Dopamine Industrial Complex
They've been hacking adults for centuries, now they have the kids...
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Children are not their emotions, so why are we encouraging them to be?
How children can learn to separate feelings from actions
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Misfit Mentions: "Dear Children", "Raising Neurodivergence", and More.....
A few articles that really caught my attention recently
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Don't make me get your father; the downside of deferring authority
Why passing the buck to someone else may not be an effective long-term strategy
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