This is a small part of CFT by Dr Paul Gilbert that I think you could very usefully use with your children when they have had some kind...

As an exhausted parent/carers/teachers, we tend to manage difficult behaviours in a reactive way e.g. a reprimand, the removal of an...

This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Lily Law from 'The Lady' about the work I do. Here is the article.

(This is a post about older children and teenagers.) I learnt about the normative effect several years ago at a conference. It's...

I think most of us do it probably because our parents/carers did it: that is to distract our child away from their uncomfortable emotions...

Being a parent or carer is not an easy job. It's 24/7 and there isn't a manual to guide you. We all do the best with what we have. And it...

When a child does something wrong, most of us have been taught that the child needs to be punished. Punishments are not a terrible way of...

Obviously nobody can guess what another person is feeling with 100% accuracy all of the time. "I am wondering..." is a useful little...

As I have said in previous posts, part of emotional literacy is about having some 'control' over (or 'good management of') the behaviour...

What I cover in this post will seem obvious but I think it's always good to reflect a little because we tend to be so caught up in the...

For children to develop better emotion regulation, it can help them to think about the 'gap' between the trigger that caused them to feel...

You might already know this little trick but if not, it's too good not to add to your toolkit of behaviour management. So imagine you...

One effective behaviour management technique that I use with the children I teach part-time in a Pupil Referral Unit (children with...

If you put your child in a room FULL of toys and sat in it with him or her, YOU would still be the best toy in the room as far as the...