Tag: teenagers
We Will Not Talk About Mental Health In India (even if it kills us)
Since my trip to India to launch the NLP4Kids franchise in this beautiful, diverse country, I have faced some heavy criticism from the country’s natives regarding the likelihood of successfully providing our coaching and mental wellbeing services to the nations young people. It appears that when it comes[…]
Read moreWhat’s Your Real Problem?
Do you need some help to pin down and identify a problem with your young person? Sometimes you will not be sure what the problem is, or you think you know the problem, but it changes, or you might feel you are dealing with multiple problems that are[…]
Read moreHow to Stop Children Growing Up Too Fast: Parents and Professionals
Here are 8 top tips about how to let the children you care about make the most of their childhood and avoid somersaulting into the adult world too soon and the effects it can have if we do not proactively help children being over-exposed to adult content, material[…]
Read moreChildren and Teenagers: Stop Your Anxiety
3 tips from me to help you begin to gain control of your anxiety. If you have developed your own management strategies that work, or you’ve overcome your anxiety completely let me know how you did it!
Read moreBehaviour Frameworks for Children and Teenagers
I read somewhere that children who are disciplined feel more loved and that clear behaviour frameworks improve children’s mental health. It can be difficult to believe that sometimes when all they seem to want to do is push the boundaries! Whether they are toddlers or teenagers there is[…]
Read moreMiley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball: Wrecking Body Image?
Let me begin by saying that my knowledge of Miley Cyrus and her music is extremely limited. I probably know more about Black Sabbath than I do about Miley Cyrus (and some would say this is no bad thing!). What I do know about her is that when[…]
Read moreCan You Teach Children Confidence?
I’ve just finished watching an episode of The Wright Stuff, broadcast on Wednesday 26th June 2013. http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-wright-stuff/episodes/episode-123-49 One of the topics for discussion was “Can you teach confidence?” following reports that a school in London is teaching children comedy in order to make them more confident people. The[…]
Read moreWho’s Supporting The Bully?
Bullying is still prevalent – research carried out by the NSPCC at the start of 2013 states that: • Of the children surveyed 46% of children have been bullied in school. • Of all the children who called Childline in 2011/12, the predominant reason that boys called was[…]
Read moreTherapeutic After School Clubs?
I recently posted on the NLP4Kids Facebook page about a very young person I had met aged 9 if I recall correctly, who attended an after school activity every night of the week, on a Saturday and a further 3 on Sundays. As ever, opinion on where this[…]
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