Things to talk to your kids about - Molly Potter
Tips, topics, ideas, advice and food for thought to prompt discussions and different interactions between your child and you that will help them navigate life a little better.
March 22nd, 2020
This is a small part of CFT by Dr Paul Gilbert that I think you could very usefully...
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March 8th, 2020
(You will have to forgive me – I cannot source any of this theory but I hope to soon. ...
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February 23rd, 2020
I am reading ‘The school of life’ introduced by Alan de Botton. It’s a great...
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January 30th, 2020
As an exhausted parent/carers/teachers, we tend to manage difficult behaviours in a...
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December 27th, 2019
As I have said before, simply increasing your child’s emotion vocabulary improves...
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October 23rd, 2019
I am sure many of you have heard the Stanford marshmallow experiment where young...
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September 23rd, 2019
I was disappointed this week in an ‘I was really, really looking forward to something...
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September 17th, 2019
It’s a very obvious statement when I say that what we think can impact on how we feel...
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September 8th, 2019
This week I have a new book out which I am delighted about. It is very much linked to...
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August 21st, 2019
Generally, our emotions are not focussed on other than when the reactions to them are...
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July 7th, 2019
This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Lily Law from, 'The Lady' about what...
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June 12th, 2019
According to modern evolutionary theory, our emotions evolved to guide our behaviour....
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May 31st, 2019
Several years ago I was speaking to a friend about managing emotions when he suddenly...
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May 24th, 2019
This post was inspired by a performance I saw last night called 'Highly Sensitive...
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May 20th, 2019
There is no doubt that some children are wired up to be more naturally empathetic than...
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May 6th, 2019
April 27th, 2019
Mindfulness has received a lot of attention in the last few years and for good reason...
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April 21st, 2019
I think most of us do it probably because our parents/carers did it: that is to...
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April 7th, 2019
I believe that as a nation, we are rubbish at debate. Although debate does happen in...
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April 4th, 2019
'Sorry, sorry' you often hear a woman say when she has burst into tears. 'Man up,' or...
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March 29th, 2019
You know how when you listen to a tune that evokes instant (and strong) happy memories...
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March 24th, 2019
The emotion that seems to cause the most concern with parents/carers that I talk to is...
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March 22nd, 2019
Being a parent or carer is not an easy job. It's 24/7 and there isn't a manual to...
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March 14th, 2019
When it comes to talking to kids about sex, intimate relationships and body parts,...
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March 9th, 2019
When a child does something wrong, most of us have been taught that the child needs to...
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March 3rd, 2019
There are words for emotions in different languages that do not translate directly or...
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February 28th, 2019
Obviously nobody can guess what another person is feeling with 100% accuracy all of...
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February 23rd, 2019
An important part of developing emotional literacy is about helping your child to...
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February 22nd, 2019
As I have said in previous posts, part of emotional literacy is about having some '...
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February 20th, 2019
I put together the following five A4 emotion posters for use with my pupils at...
February 16th, 2019
What I cover in this post will seem obvious but I think it's always good to...
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February 14th, 2019
For children to develop better emotion regulation, it can help them to think about the...
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February 11th, 2019
This is an an fun way to explore coping strategies for worrying, with your child. The...
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February 10th, 2019
You might already know this little trick but if not, it's too good not to add to your...
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February 8th, 2019
Something useful that children can learn about emotions is that they have different...
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February 7th, 2019
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