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.

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Is Your Child Emotionally Intelligent? Nov 04, 2022

Do you ever find yourself wishing that your child could just do something with ease, that you...

Brother and sister fighting, sibling rivalry

What To Do When Siblings Are Squabbling Or Fighting Aug 12, 2022

Sometimes sibling relationships can erupt into nasty 'slanging matches' or full blown fights....

How Parents Can Unintentionally Make Sibling Rivalry Worse Aug 11, 2022

Navigating their relationships with their siblings can bring up some very big feelings for...

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Help . . . my children won't stop fighting! Jul 29, 2022

Now that the summer holidays have started, I know many parents are struggling to cope with their...

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Helping Children Cope With Change: Part Five - Parents New Partner Dec 09, 2021

Knowing how and when to introduce your child to a new partner - either yours or your ex-partner's...

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Helping Children Cope With Change: Part Two - A New Sibling Nov 12, 2021

Welcome to the second blog in this mini-series on helping children cope with change; this one is...

Recent Posts

Under Pressure: The Link Between High Expectations and Kids Mental Health

Food for Thought: How Poor Diets are Linked to Increasing Rates of Mental Health Problems in Children and Teens

Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: Is Digital Media To Blame?

Frances is an award-winning Child Therapist who is known for using an innovative and creative approach to help her young clients overcome their difficulties and transform their lives. She has spent almost 30 years working in her own successful private practice based in the UK - Brighter Futures Personal Growth - seeing adults and children, and also worked in the NHS as a Highly Specialist Child and Adolescent Therapist for a number of years within 2 CAMHS teams. As well as working with children, young people and their parents professionally, she is also a Mum and Step-Mum, and has eight grandchildren.

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