Inside: How parents can help their special needs kids find real friends and real connections with their peers. Update: This was republished from an article written four years ago when my daughter was in elementary school. She’s now in middle school and is still on a quest to find good friends. And it all still […]
How to Help Kids with Anxiety Using Kindness
Inside: Parents can use kindness to help kids with anxiety cope and manage their anxious behaviors in healthy ways without our negative judgement. I got a call from my eldest daughter’s school. And I panicked for a second. Why is the school calling me? I ran all the awful scenarios through my head. What’s wrong? Who’s hurt? Who’s […]
How to Help Kids Remember to be Kind with a Kindness Promise
Inside: Help kids remember to be kind and speak with kindness and act with kindness with this printable kindness promise that comes in color and a colorable black and white version. I could see steam coming from my eldest daughter’s ears. She had offered to let her sister go first, which was incredibly kind. We’ve […]
How to Help Kids Be Kinder to Themselves and Avoid Negative Self-Talk
Inside: Help kids be kinder to themselves and avoid negative self-talk so many of our kids are saying to themselves. I’m so stupid. This looks so horrible. I’m a loser. I was hanging out with my daughter and a bunch of tween girls and these were the words I heard come out of their mouths. […]
Help Prevent Bullying By Teaching Your Kids to Be Includers
Inside: Kids can prevent bullying by teaching them how to be includers and invite kids to join in. My daughter was playing alone on the jungle gym at school. Again. Another fourth grader, pushed her as she said, “Get out of my way, blind girl.” My daughter, who has low vision, was so traumatized by […]