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.

Unpacking the fight, flight, freeze response

We hear a lot about the fight, flight, freeze response that gets activated in your child's brain...

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What Your Anxious Child Wants You To Know

Have you ever found yourself curious about what goes on in the mind of your anxious child?

In...

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Childhood Anxiety: Part 6 - Building A Peaceful Home & Knowing When To Seek Help

I’m excited to share the final installment of my mini-series on the top ten questions...

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Childhood Anxiety: Part 5 - Coping Strategies for Your Anxious Child

Welcome to this week’s blog, where I’m continuing my mini-series on the top ten...

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Childhood Anxiety: Part 4 - Ways To Help Your Child

Welcome to the fourth instalment of my mini-series, where I'm addressing the top ten...

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Childhood Anxiety: Part 3 - Will it get better by itself and is it possible to cure it?

Welcome to Part 3 of my mini-series on the top ten questions that parents of anxious children...

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Childhood Anxiety: Part 2 - Why is Your Child Anxious?
Welcome to the second instalment of my current mini-series, where I'm addressing the top ten...
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Childhood Anxiety: Part 1 - How to Spot The Signs in Your Child

Welcome to the first week of a re-run of my popular mini-series on childhood anxiety, where I'll...

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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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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...

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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...

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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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