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 Trauma

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

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Big Feelings At Christmas Time: Helping Your Child To Cope

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

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Are Your Concerns About Your Child's Mental Health Affecting Your Own Wellbeing?

With so many parents worrying about their children's mental health at the moment, I wanted to revisi...

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Diet and Mental Health - Part 3 - Is Your Child Using Food to Avoid Difficult Feelings?

In the concluding part of this three-part series on the intricate link between food and mood from th...

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Children & Change - Introducing a New Partner

Introducing a new partner to your child, whether it's your own or your ex-partner's new relationship...

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Worried how your child will cope with Christmas?

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

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A Good Night's Sleep - My Top Tips

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This week I am sharing a post from the blog archive on the subject of sleep, as I know many child...

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Has Your Child's Anxiety Been Caused, or Made Worse by, a Bereavement?

This week I have been contacted by a Dad who recently joined our mailing list, as he had requested o...

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Helping Your Child Cope With Big Feelings at Christmas Time

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

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Children's Grief Awareness Week 2022

Childrenā€™s Grief Awareness Week has just come to an end in the UK as I write this.

It was Ā initiate...

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Is It Right For Children To Go To Funerals?

Following the funeral of HM The Queen on Monday, and the images of Prince George and Princess Charlo...

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Helping Your Child Grieve for a Family Member They Never Knew

Following our recent mini-series on children and bereavement, I have received an email from a parent...

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