Dealing With The Dreaded School Anxiety
Starting a new year can be an anxious time for children. There is a new teacher to meet, new work, old friends we don’t want to see and possibly new friends to make. The summer was great fun but now the thought of returning to school is filling some children ...
How to help your shy child get along with their peers
Despite your child being shy it is still very important that they are able to build and maintain positive peer relationships in and out of school. Having a shy child should not mean loneliness and it should not be a barrier to making friends. What it does mean is that ...
Teaching Children About Personal Space
Personal space is one of those tricky things that you need to teach your children and it is not that easy for them to grasp the concept. I have seen children that literally stand on top of another child and talk to them or they touch the other child too ...
Ten Skills Needed For Friendship
The ability to share possessions and space Keeping confidences and secrets Offering to help Accepting others mistakes Being positive and enthusiastic Starting and maintaining a conversation Winning and losing well Listening to others Compromising Co-operating with others What others skills would you tell your child that they need for successful friendships?
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