Emotional & Mental Well-Being

Support for anxiety, confidence, resilience, big feelings, and the struggles children don’t always say out loud.

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Thoughtful guidance, expert perspectives, and practical reflections to help you better understand what your child may be experiencing.

Emotional & Mental Well-BeingEarly Childhood – Teen · 5 min

Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family

5 min · In this short clip, Sheikh Belal Assaad describes five patterns that can make family life unhealthy: substance abuse, constant conflict, violence,…

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Emotional & Mental Well-BeingEarly Childhood – Teen · 14 min

Your Inner Child Isn’t One Child

14 min · Ever snapped at your kids in a way far too big for the moment? Dr.

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Emotional & Mental Well-BeingEarly Childhood – Teen · 9 min

How to Teach Your Kids to Handle Conflict Prophetically

9 min · Disagreements are part of life, between siblings, friends, neighbors, and even between parents and children. In the final episode of Raising…

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Emotional & Mental Well-BeingEarly Childhood – Teen · 5 min

When Helping an Upset Child, Don’t Talk — Try This Instead

5 min · When a child is in full meltdown, our instinct is to talk them down — to explain, soothe, or reason with…

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Emotional & Mental Well-BeingEarly Childhood – Teen · 21 min

How to Talk So Kids Will Actually Listen — Backed by Science

21 min · Communication professor Bruce Lambert presents five principles drawn from Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s parenting book How to Talk So Kids…

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Emotional & Mental Well-BeingEarly Childhood · 12 min

Why Dutch Kids Sleep Through the Night

12 min · This video draws on cross-cultural research comparing Dutch and American infant sleep patterns, reporting that Dutch babies sleep meaningfully more per…

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