Creating Kids Who Can

Welcome to our blog where award-winning child therapist, Frances Weston, shares advice for parents. Its aim is to help parents help their children manage and express difficult feelings and cope with life's challenges well, so they can feel happy and confident and experience positive mental health.

Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: The Role of Genetics

Welcome to Part 6 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase of children and...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: Your Parenting Style

Another week has flown by and we have aleady reached part 5 of my mini-series exploring possible cau...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: Magical Microbiome

Welcome to part 4 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase of children a...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: The Impact of Change


In this week's video - part 3 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase of ...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: The Role of Trauma

Following on from my video last week when I was talking about the very concerning increase in the nu...

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The Worrying Rise Of Mental Health Problems In Children & Young People
Recently released figures in the UK (2023) showed the number of children requiring treatment for ser...
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Big Feelings At Christmas Time: Helping Your Child To Cope

 

While Christmas is a magical time of year for most children, it can of course be a very difficult...

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👻 Halloween and Anxious Children 🕷️🕸️

Halloween is nearly here again and while it is a much-loved celebration for many children, filled wi...

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Perfectionism, Procrastination & Anxiety: Helping Children Break Free

As a child therapist, one of the common patterns I observe in my work is the complex relationship be...

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Unpacking the fight, flight, freeze response

We hear a lot about the fight, flight, freeze response that gets activated in your child's brain d...

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What Your Anxious Child Wants You To Know

Have you ever found yourself curious about what goes on in the mind of your anxious child?

In this ...

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Childhood Anxiety: Part 6 - Building A Peaceful Home & Knowing When To Seek Help

I’m excited to share the final installment of my mini-series on the top ten questions parents of anx...

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