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.

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 ti...

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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.

Ev...

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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 with ...
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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 liste...

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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 self estee...

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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 when...

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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 child i...
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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 children it's a...
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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 connect...

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Understanding the fight, flight, freeze response

In today's video I am going to be exploring the fight, flight or freeze response that is triggered

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5 Things Your Anxious Child Wishes They Could Tell You

Have you ever wondered what your anxious child is thinking and feeling?

In this week's video I'm sh...

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Does Your Child Have Separation Anxiety?

Another common question I get from parents is how can they help their child with separation anxiety,...

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