Creating Kids Who Can

Welcome to our blog where award-winning child therapist, Frances Weston, shares advice for parents. Its aim is to help parents help their children manage and express difficult feelings and cope with life's challenges well, so they can feel happy and confident and experience positive mental health.

How Affirmations Can Help Your Child
Would you like to learn a simple strategy that you can teach your child to help them achieve...
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How Goal-Setting Helps Children

Have you ever set a goal for yourself - personal or professional - and experienced the wonderful...

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Reviewing 2023 With Your Child
Welcome to the first blog post of 2024! I hope you and your family had a lovely Christmas...
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Worried how your child will cope with Christmas?

While Christmas is a magical time of year for most children, it can of course be a very difficult...

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Why Your Approval Matters So Much to Your Child

Welcome to the 4th and final part of this mini-series on helping boost your child's self esteem.

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Don't Be Too Quick To Give Your Child Advice!
 
I know how tempting it can be to jump in and offer solutions when our child is struggling...
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Do You Really Listen To Your Child?

Have you ever had the experience of trying to talk to someone and realising they aren't really...

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1. Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem

How your child feels about themself is super important for a whole host of reasons.  Good...

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3 Ways Your Child Could Be Fuelling Their Anxiety (without meaning to)

Managing anxious feelings is really difficult for most children and young people, and sometimes...

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Is my child anxious or just being naughty?

 

This is a question I get asked so often by parents! It can be hard to tell whether your...
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👻 How to Make Halloween Fun for Anxious Children 🕷️🕸️
I'm sure I don't need to remind you that it's almost Halloween! 
 
While for most...
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Perfectionism, procrastination & anxiety - is there a link?

 

As a child therapist, one of the recurring themes I encounter in my work is the intricate...

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