Some of the messages our boys receive from a very young age.... Suicide is still the biggest killer of males under 45. And when males...

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

This is an an fun way to explore coping strategies for worrying, with your child. The idea is you're going to create a machine that you...

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...

Something useful that children can learn about emotions is that they have different strengths. Much of the time our emotions are so mild...

The idea of children (and young people) learning about sex and relationships appears to cause a lot of anxiety for some parents/carers....

Not a proper post but this is what I aim to achieve with my books but I also assume the conversations get easier as you engage in them more.

Some children worry more than others and you will know if your child is prone to feeling anxious or not. A way you can explain worrying...

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

I love this little book of mine because it is a simple (and therefore easy to use) way of helping children become more emotionally...

In a world where we are bombarded with smiley faces in TV adverts, shop windows, magazines and social media, it would be easy to...

Emotional literacy is an incredible key to opening up self-awareness. Our emotional responses in many cases can give us clues about...

Self esteem has had a fair amount of focus in recent decades and yet the understanding about what it is and how to get it still needs a...

Children fall out and make up all the time and in the main, it's usually best to let them find their own way with respect to friendships....

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...

Now this might sound daft but teaching children about the symptoms of anger is extremely helpful. The symptoms of anger seem really...

This simple little tip can help children develop their emotional literacy as it helps them to 'own' their feelings. You see when someone...