6 WAYS TO REDUCE KIDS’ STRESS AND ANXIETY
When kids are stressed and anxious, the thinking areas in their brain shut down. The good news is that using a few of these suggestions can help your kids manage stress and anxiety—so they can THINK! Welcome to Part 5 (of 6) in the Brain Stages Social and Emotional Learning series. If you missed a […]
5 Ways to Help Kids with Anxiety
In my travels for workshops and in parent coaching, people often ask me: How can I help my kids with anxiety? In recent years, stressed out kids have become extremely common. We raised an anxious child. Now she has tools and enjoys a great personal and professional life. When she was little, though, she cried […]
11 Ways to Help You and Your Kids Get the Sleep You Need
11 Ways to Help You and Your Kids Get the Sleep You Need How can you and your kids get the sleep you need consistently for a healthy brain? We get busy and skimp on sleep. Sometimes our minds race, and we CAN’T sleep. Nightmares might play a role in depriving us of the sleep […]
5 Secrets to Help Kids Do Better in School that May Surprise You
People ask me things like “How do I motivate my kids to do better in school?” or “How Can I help my child get better grades?” or “How do you motivate a lazy child to study?” Below are 5 no-kidding, research and experience-based, surefire ways to boost kids’ brainpower and attitude toward learning for happier […]
6 Simple Steps to Develop Kids’ Independence
Most of us worry, at some point, about how our children will grow up and fare on their own someday—especially in this age of boomerang children (Deloitte 2019). We all know people with kids who have left the nest, floundered in trying to take care of themselves, and have had to come back home, regroup, […]
Screen Time: What Every Parent Should Know—And 5 Ways to Keep Kids’ Brains Healthy
Welcome to Part 4 in the Brain-Friendly Ways to Good Behavior series. You can click on the links at the end of the article if you’d like to take a look at the earlier posts. Screen Time: How to ensure your children’s healthy brain development Screen time seems to be a major concern and constant […]
Self-Regulation—6 Simple Steps to Empower Your Child
Welcome to Part 3 (of 4) of the Brain-Friendly Ways to Good Behavior series. Have you ever been in public when your child had a meltdown over something someone said or did that you didn’t see coming? Has your child interrupted conversations as if he didn’t even notice people had been talking? Does your child […]
Brain Foods—And How to Get Kids to Eat Them
I love to eat. A few people I’ve met over the years don’t share my enjoyment for food, but I’ve found, overall, I’m in vast company. With all of the brain research going on nowadays, it’s no surprise that scientists have come up with a list of nutrients kids’ growing, developing brains need to function […]
