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Calm Parents What Every Parent Can Do

Calm Parents: What Every Parent Can Do

Picture this: your child is having a meltdown in the middle of the supermarket, and you’re trying to stay calm amidst the chaos. We’ve all been there! The key to navigating these challenging moments is to become calm parents and have a peaceful family life. We all need practical strategies for embracing the calm parenting mindset, understanding your child’s brain,

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21 Ways on How to be a Calm Parent

21 Ways on How to be a Calm Parent

Parenting is a beautiful journey that offers immeasurable joy and fulfillment. However, it also comes with a fair share of challenges, especially when you are parenting children or teenagers with behavioral and mental health issues such as ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, mood disorders, PANS/PANDAS, and so forth. The Challenges of Parenting and the Importance of Staying Calm   It’s crucial

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Positive Parenting and Child Mental Health Guide to Cultivating Resilience (2)

Positive Parenting and Child Mental Health: Guide to Cultivating Resilience

Positive Parenting and Child Mental Health: Guide to Cultivating Resilience In the vibrant tapestry of child development, the threads of positive parenting practices are woven intricately with the fabric of children’s mental health. It’s because the nurturing touch of caregivers, armed with positive parenting skills, has the potential to shape not only a child’s present but also their future. Positive

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A Marriage With A Special Needs Child

A Marriage With A Special Needs Child: Strategies to Overcome Challenges and Strengthen Your Relationship

Raising a child with special needs can be a challenging journey that requires patience, understanding, and an enormous amount of love. It is a journey that can bring a family together and make them stronger, but it can also significantly strain a marriage.  According to a study by the National Institutes of Health (2010), the divorce rate among parents of

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Co-Regulation and Parenting Sharing Your CALM

Co-Regulation and Parenting: Sharing Your CALM

Parenting is a rewarding but challenging journey that requires us to guide our children as they navigate the ups and downs of life. One of the most important skills we can teach our children is emotional regulation, which is the ability to manage big feelings and stay calm in the face of challenges.  However, teaching emotional regulation isn’t always easy,

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39 Shocking and Sad Children’s Mental Health Statistics

39 Shocking and Sad Children’s Mental Health Statistics (2023)

Children and teens are not exempt from mental health issues, which affect people of all ages. Sadly, the statistics surrounding children’s mental health are particularly alarming. There has been an increase in anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders among children in recent years and the pandemic only added fuel to the fire.  It is why I started the Global

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15 Things to Never Say to Your Child

15 Things to Never Say to Your Child

What is Toxic Parenting?   Toxic parenting is a style of parenting that involves behaviors or actions that consistently cause harm or negative impact on a child’s emotional, psychological, or physical well-being. Sometimes, parents don’t even recognize they are parenting in a harmful way because that is how they were parented.  We all say things to our kids in the

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Nixing the Negativity Bias in our Kids and Parenting

Nixing the Negativity Bias in our Kids and Parenting

Having a child who leans toward the negative or is outright a “no!” kind of kid can challenge parents. The brain’s negativity bias is a piece of this puzzle as to why your child is a glass-half-empty type of kid (and maybe you, too!). Summer was an anxious teen with perfectionistic tendencies. Her parents came to me with concerns about

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11 Benefits of Parent Groups

11 Benefits of Parent Groups

Being a parent of a child with special needs, behavioral, or mental health issues can be a challenging and rewarding experience, but it can also be lonely and isolating at times. From friends to family members or even your spouse, finding people who really get your kid and how they need to be supported is hard. When your child is

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What Should I Do When Communication Is Broken Down With My Teen or Child?

This is a 3-Part Series on Improving Parent-Child Communication 15 Ways to Improve Communication With Your Child or Teen When communication between parents and teenagers breaks down, it can be a challenging and frustrating experience for both parties. However, it is important to remember that communication breakdowns are a normal part of any relationship and that with effort and patience,

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