*Trumped-Up Language

I watched a clip this week on the BBC News of Donald Trump “listening” to family and friends of those who lost their lives in the recent school massacres in the USA. After the “listening” period, President Trump then went on to suggest how American schools can stop[…]

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Taking Control of an Unruly Child

Let me first begin by excusing the title of this article. I know that for many parents or professionals who are reaching a point of desperation in the relationship or interaction with a challenging young person, the idea of taking control would have captured your eye. However, just[…]

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NLP4Kids Christmas Give Away

GIVEAWAY RULES: Must be subscribed to NLP4Kids on Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/nlp4kids Comment below where you’re from and how we can contact you – whether its Instagram, twitter, or email! You must also ‘like’ this video. PLEASE NOTE This is international! You must be 18 years or older to[…]

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Strategies to Stop Sibling Rivalry

As a nanny, I was very conscious of ensuring that all of the children felt that they had an equal (within reason) share of my time. We used to do an activity called DSNFSE (I know it’s not a very catchy title!) It stands for Do Something Nice[…]

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Managing Unwanted Behaviour at Bedtime

“First, we have about 30 minutes of saying ‘No! I don’t want to go to bed’. Then I normally have to part drag him up the stairs to brush his teeth. We have a story together – one book is never enough – sometimes we will have up[…]

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Parents & Professionals: Get Children to Concentrate

How can you encourage young people to concentrate? Is there really anything you can to to affect that or is it something as permanent as your finger print? The good news is there are some practical things we can do and there are also some more covert and[…]

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Disproving Learning Difficulties – How to Lift the Label

I recently met a child who was behind in his academic learning somewhat. She would become frustrated in school, often with the other children and had been aggressive more than once towards her peers. As a result of this, the SENCO at school had suggested that perhaps the[…]

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Building Resilience in Children

Two years ago, I worked in a primary school as their resident NLP4Kids practitioner. One of the requests that the school had made to me was to help the pupils, over the course of the term that I worked with them, to build up their levels of resilience.[…]

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Working With Children from Conflict Zones

A new area of work that some of the NLP4Kids practitioners have embarked upon this year is supporting children in the British education system who have fled with their families from conflict zones. Aside from the obvious challenges of conditions such as PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) which[…]

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Boost your Resilience to Illness

Anyone who has ever had children, knows children, or has been a child has probably experienced how quickly a stomach bug or a virus can spread around a class (and then onto the adults around them). Obviously it takes time for young children to build their immune system[…]

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