Helping Your Child Understand Their Feelings

January 23, 2012  |   My Blog,The Kids Coach   |   Naomi Richards  |   8 Comments

Helping Your Child Understand Their Feelings

Many children are oblivious to how other children and people feel. Possibly because they are wrapped up in what they are doing or maybe that they are just not in tune with their own or others feelings.  You can help them have a better understanding of feelings by getting them to ...





Ways to show your children that you love them

January 05, 2012  |   My Blog,The Kids Coach   |   Naomi Richards  |   14 Comments

Ways to show your children that you love them

All children want and need to feel loved. It makes them feel special and valued. We all think of telling our children that we love them but there are so many other ways to say ‘I love you’: 1. Spend time alone with each of your children 2. Take an interest in ...





Children cannot be good at everything

December 08, 2011  |   My Blog,The Kids Coach   |   Naomi Richards  |   0 Comment

Children cannot be good at everything

Self-acceptance is about being happy with who you are and accepting that you are good at some things and not so great at others. There are some children who really find it hard to accept themselves, warts and all. They find it tough that they are not great at everything they ...





Overscheduled Children

November 17, 2011  |   My Blog,The Kids Coach   |   Naomi Richards  |   4 Comments

Overscheduled Children

My husband kindly passed on this article to me about a new book that has been published and I thought I would share it with you. It is not my normal thing to do as you know unless you follow me on twitter at @thekidscoach. I share articles there all ...





Adoption and Anger

November 02, 2011  |   My Blog,The Kids Coach   |   Naomi Richards  |   0 Comment

Adoption and Anger

Following on from the success of the e-book, ‘Boosting Self-esteem in Adoption’, which I co-wrote with Fiona, @AdoptResources, we decided to write out another e-book about other parenting challenges in adoption. We talked to families who have an adopted child and they wanted to see an e-book on ‘Dealing with ...





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