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8 Tips for Delivering Trauma-Informed Feedback to Your Child

Health & Medical, Parenting / By AA Parker

Children who have experienced trauma often react to both positive and negative feedback a bit differently than other children. Brookes Publishing discusses some ideas for teacher-student interactions on how to give both positive and corrective feedback. These ideas can also translate to how you respond in the home. For positive feedback, make it: Low-key and private. Use nonverbal …

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How To Help Your Child Cope With Death

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

Losing a loved one is always a very hard and emotional experience. As parents, you might struggle with healing from your own grief, while also supporting your children. It’s helpful to know how your child might respond and what you can do to strengthen them as much as possible. Here are a few ways that …

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5 Ways to Build Attachment with Your Baby

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

New parents have a million things to worry about. From finding childcare to making sure their new baby is receiving the healthcare they need, new parents can sometimes be overwhelmed by all the new responsibilities they now have to juggle. Building attachment is just one of these new responsibilities that parents face with their babies. …

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3 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion as Parents

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

Parents often feel as though they do not have any time to practice any kind of self-care. Although parents know that self-care is important, they may often feel that they aren’t being a good parent if they take any time for themselves. They also may feel that with all of their parenting responsibilities, they simply do …

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Teaching Kids To Handle Embarrassment

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

I remember when I was 12 my family went to a restaurant and the waiter asked me the classic question, “Do you want soup or salad?”. I had just graduated from the kid’s menu and wasn’t used to that question, so misunderstanding what he said I responded very confused with, “Yeah I’ll have the super-salad…”. …

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Child Care: Should I Work or Stay at Home?

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

I remember sensing the guilt my mom had as she dropped my siblings and I off at the neighbor’s house where she traded babysitting services. Both of my parents have worked full time since I can remember. Making the decision to have child care versus staying home can be a taxing choice for parents. There …

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5 Tips for Improving Family Mealtime

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

Children in today’s hurried, high-tech world need structured, routine times when they can connect with their parents and siblings. One of the best ways to do that is family mealtimes. Many of us are so busy that we may feel if we are not multi-tasking all the time, we are not productive enough. We often …

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Working Towards the Ideal: Affection in the Home

Parenting, Child Development / By Help Me Grow Utah

Memories and physical pictures remind me of my relationship with my Dad. From sitting in the pew next to him in church or on the couch for a movie, Dad wanted to squeeze my ears, arms, and fingers. As I grew up and became more aware of my Dad’s way of loving, I grew to …

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How to Support Your Child’s Education from Home

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

Whether you’re considering homeschooling this coming year or plan to have the kids back in private or public school, there are a few important aspects to consider regarding their education. Often, I hear parents worry about their child’s attention span. Some child development experts suggest that the average child should be able to concentrate on one task …

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What is the Window of Tolerance?

Parenting / By Help Me Grow Utah

Know your limits As parents, we get pushed to our limits. The rollercoaster of parenthood takes us up, down, around, backward, and sometimes through flaming rings of fire. Often we may ask the question: am I going to survive this? The Window of Tolerance offers perspective into understanding one’s own personal limits. Knowing one’s own …

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8 Tips for Delivering Trauma-Informed Feedback to Your Child

How To Help Your Child Cope With Death

5 Ways to Build Attachment with Your Baby

3 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion as Parents

Child Care: Should I Work or Stay at Home?

Working Towards the Ideal: Affection in the Home

How to Support Your Child’s Education from Home

What is the Window of Tolerance?

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