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 To Create a Nurturing Home Environment for Your Child

Have you noticed that your surroundings can really affect the way you feel?

Our homes can be a...

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When Your Child is Resistant to Visiting the Other Parent: A Guide for Divorced Parents

Is your child refusing to visit their other parent or becoming very distressed when they have to...

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Preserving Children's Wellbeing During Separation and Divorce: Part 3

Welcome to the concluding post in our three-part series dedicated to minimising the distress...

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Preserving Children's Wellbeing During Separation and Divorce: Part 2

Welcome back to the second instalment of our three-part series focusing on minimising distress...

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Preserving Children's Wellbeing During Separation and Divorce: Part 1

Divorce or separation can be an emotionally turbulent time for children and young people,...

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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...

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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...

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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...
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A Good Night's Sleep - My Top Tips

 

This week I am sharing a post from the blog archive on the subject of sleep, as I know...

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Helping Your Anxious Child: Your Qs Answered - Part 6

I'm so pleased to share the final instalment of my mini-series on the top ten questions that...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: The Role of Genetics

Welcome to Part 6 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase of children...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: Your Parenting Style

Another week has flown by and we have aleady reached part 5 of my mini-series exploring...

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