This time of year is full of festivities, usually with several gatherings to attend. For kids who struggle in social situations, this can be a challenge. So what can you do to make it a little bit easier? Here are a few tips you can use to help prepare your child for parties and hopefully make the experience a little easier for everyone.
Calm & Connected Podcast, Families
Janine Halloran
Friendships are such a wonderful and special part of life. From memory making to going through the highs and lows with your peers makes life so much richer. As a child, learning social skills and how friendships fit is a huge learning curve as they go through their childhood and find their ‘people’. As a parent, how do you connect and how do you teach your kids basic social skills and about what a great friendship can be?
Today Janine is joined by Caroline Maguire and in this episode they discuss:
Calm & Connected Podcast, Families
Janine Halloran
How do we teach our children social and emotional awareness in a fun and play filled way? Eventually our children will become adults so when they walk out into the world, we want them to step into their lives as aware and in control of their emotions as possible.
In this episode we discuss:
Calm & Connected Podcast, Families
Janine Halloran
The transition to preschool to elementary school can be such an anxious time for both parents and for the children. There’s a lot of unknowns to get them ready for and sometimes we think there’s lots we have to do to prepare them for starting. Today we discuss what you can do to help reduce anxiety for your little one with nursery practitioner, Caroline Allen.
In this episode they discuss: