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.

Understanding the Impact of Bullying on Children (and why it's important to take action)

Welcome back to the second instalment of our four-part series on bullying. Last week, we delved into...

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Is Your Child Being Bullied? How to Spot the Signs

Bullying can inflict lasting harm on a child, affecting not only their present but potentially their...

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Diet and Mental Health - Part 3 - Is Your Child Using Food to Avoid Difficult Feelings?

In the concluding part of this three-part series on the intricate link between food and mood from th...

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Diet and Mental Health - Part 2 - What should children eat for optimal mental health?

Welcome to the second part of a re-run of a 3-part mini series I made a couple of years ago on the c...

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Diet and Mental Health - Part 1 - How Your Child's Diet Affects Their Mental Health

With so much in the news recently about the negative impact ultra processed foods (UPF's) cause to o...

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Children and Change: Starting a New School

Starting a new school, whether it's for the first time or a subsequent change during childhood or ad...

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Children & Change - Introducing a New Partner

Introducing a new partner to your child, whether it's your own or your ex-partner's new relationship...

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Children & Change: Separation and Divorce

The separation or divorce of parents can introduce significant changes into a child's life, many of ...

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Children and Change: When a Loved One Is Ill
Welcome to the third installment of our mini-series focusing on aiding children in navigating thro
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Children and Change: A New Sibling

Welcome to the second installment in our mini-series on supporting children through change. This wee...

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Children and Change: Moving House
 
Welcome to this week's blog and video. 
Life involves many changes doesn't it? Some are good one
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How Affirmations Can Help Your Child
Would you like to learn a simple strategy that you can teach your child to help them achieve their g...
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