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The emotion that seems to cause the most concern with parents/carers that I talk to is their child’s anger. This…
Being a parent or carer is not an easy job. It’s 24/7 and there isn’t a manual to guide you.…
When it comes to talking to kids about sex, intimate relationships and body parts, some adults stop being their usual…
When a child does something wrong, most of us have been taught that the child needs to be punished. Punishments…
There are words for emotions in different languages that do not translate directly or straightforwardly into English because the emotion…
Obviously nobody can guess what another person is feeling with 100% accuracy all of the time. “I am wondering…” is…
Here is my blog post on the Bloomsbury education website about resilience linked to my most recent book. ‘What’s going…
An important part of developing emotional literacy is about helping your child to understand that all feelings are valid. We…
As I have said in previous posts, part of emotional literacy is about having some ‘control’ over (or ‘good management…
I put together the following six, A4 emotion posters for use with my pupils at school. The emotions are straightforward…
What I cover in this post will seem obvious but I think it’s always good to reflect a little because…
Some of the messages our boys receive from a very young age Suicide is still the biggest killer of males…
