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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    Helping Kids Stop Gaming Without a Meltdown

    The game ends, and suddenly your child is furious. They’re yelling, arguing, crying or pleading for one more match. For some children, stopping a highly engaging game can be genuinely difficult. That doesn’t mean you have to give in, and it doesn’t mean every strong reaction signals a serious problem. The goal is to help your child learn an important skill: something I really enjoy can end, and I can handle the transition.

    Emotional Regulation · Gaming

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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-BeingMiddle Childhood – Teen · 14 min

How to Raise Successful Kids — Without Over-Parenting

14 min · Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims argues that over-parenting, not under-parenting, is quietly damaging a generation of kids. She describes the ‘checklisted…

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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 – Middle Childhood · 11 min

The Korean Method to Calm Tantrums in 60 Seconds

11 min · A step-by-step approach to responding to a child’s meltdown with calm presence rather than immediately trying to stop or correct it.…

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