Effective instructions for Under 5’s
Giving instructions to young children can be a challenge, here are some tips to support this process.
Giving instructions to young children can be a challenge, here are some tips to support this process.
Denying Feelings
Parents, help your child to feel heard, by accepting and acknowledging their feelings.
Parents, help your child to feel heard, by accepting and acknowledging their feelings.
Ruby (practitioner)
Connecting to nature
Spending time in nature has been found to improve wellbeing. Here are some useful tips of how you can add a little more nature into your days.
Spending time in nature has been found to improve wellbeing. Here are some useful tips of how you can add a little more nature into your days.
Ruby (practitioner)
Celebrating our small wins
Parents, remember to give praise to yourself just as you give praise to your children. What 1 small thing have you done well today?
Parents, remember to give praise to yourself just as you give praise to your children. What 1 small thing have you done well today?
Emelia (Parent)
Building warm and supportive relationships
Research from Dr Alex Martin at Kings College London shows that when fathers are able to develop supportive relationships with their child and their co-parent, this can have long-lasting protective effects for the child, well into middle childhood and early adolescence. This is important for all children, but it is especially important when one or both parents experience mental health difficulties. The research found evidence that this is true for biological and chosen fathers, and in both families where the father lives full-time with the child and families where the child lives part-time with the father.
Research from Dr Alex Martin at Kings College London shows that when fathers are able to develop supportive relationships with their child and their co-parent, this can have long-lasting protective effects for the child, well into middle childhood and early adolescence. This is important for all children, but it is especially important when one or both parents experience mental health difficulties. The research found evidence that this is true for biological and chosen fathers, and in both families where the father lives full-time with the child and families where the child lives part-time with the father.
Julia (practitioner)
Building connection
Parents, remember that the quality of time spent together is more important than the quantity.
Parents, remember that the quality of time spent together is more important than the quantity.
Annie (practitioner)
Building confidence
Supporting your child to develop their independence can help to build their confidence with trying new things. It also shows them that if we keep trying, we can overcome challenging situations.
Supporting your child to develop their independence can help to build their confidence with trying new things. It also shows them that if we keep trying, we can overcome challenging situations.
Ruby (practitioner)
Boundaries
Setting boundaries for your child helps contribute to their safety, wellbeing and overall development. It establishes a supportive environment in which children can learn, grow and develop essential life skills.
Setting boundaries for your child helps contribute to their safety, wellbeing and overall development. It establishes a supportive environment in which children can learn, grow and develop essential life skills.
Ruby (practitioner)
Anxiety and reassurance
Parents, repeatedly reassuring your anxious child can maintain their anxiety. Support your child to build their confidence and independence through words of encouragement.
Parents, repeatedly reassuring your anxious child can maintain their anxiety. Support your child to build their confidence and independence through words of encouragement.
Annie (practitioner)
Parental self care
As parents, we need to be patient with our little ones, but let’s not forget to be patient with ourselves too. Being kind to ourselves not only benefits our wellbeing, it also sets a positive example for our children.
As parents, we need to be patient with our little ones, but let’s not forget to be patient with ourselves too. Being kind to ourselves not only benefits our wellbeing, it also sets a positive example for our children.
