Sometimes it is not appropriate to sit down with your young person and do a formal intervention. Maybe you’re not in the right time or the right place to make that happen, or maybe the subject doesn’t warrant that level of severity yet. So it’s a very useful[…]

Giving your time to the young people in your life is so incredibly important – both for them and for you. I know that you are tired, stressed and already short on time, so I feel somewhat guilty asking you to eat up another section of what little[…]

Within any classroom, there is always that select few of very quiet and shy children who find it very difficult to make friends (sometimes because they appear hostile) and are perceived to have skill deficiencies and lower intellect even though this is not necessarily the case. However, because[…]

Stop Being a Perfectionist: Children & Young People If everything needs to be ‘just so’ and perfect, you could be wearing yourself out unnecessarily. As I perfectionist myself, I would never tell you to ditch the skill completely, but if you are stressing yourself out with your perfectionism,[…]

Some children are just not equipped to deal with failure. This can lead to a pattern where they expect to fail, then they actually fail and then they suddenly become fearful in failing again which then prevents them from trying. This pattern of behaviour affects them in many[…]

I’ve just moved house. After spending many years “down south” I’ve moved back to my home county of Derbyshire. I’m now safely located in the lovely village of Crich, home of the Tramway Village, rolling hills and for those of you old enough to remember the location for[…]

NLP4Kids are delighted to announce a new member to the NLP4Kids team. Priti Parekh, from Coventry, is very passionate in helping children and young people to reach their full potential in life. For a very long time, Priti has had a keen interest in personal growth and self-development,[…]

For children who present challenging behaviour in school, at home and in the community; there is a lack of fundamental education about how to relate to others and understand the world from a perspective other than their own point of view. Some schools are supporting young people from[…]