Helping Your Child to have a Smooth School Transition

One of the most common problems to occur for children and young people is the transition from primary school to secondary school. Whilst this can be an incredibly exciting time filled with lots of opportunity for growth, making new friendships, and undertaking lessons that they’ve never had before,[…]

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Exam Stress

Whether you have a primary aged child who is going through their SATs, a young person in secondary school who is embarking on mock GCSEs, GCSEs, or A-levels, or some other kind of exam (even up to the age of university students), the pressure that those young people[…]

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Dealing with School Phobias

Whilst many children form great memories of their time in education, some children find it a torment and a struggle every day to get themselves into school. Very often this issue occurs as a result of a change in circumstances. It may be that the child has moved[…]

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Helping Your Child Overcome Low Level Anxiety

Anxiety can be a crippling and debilitating condition for many children. However, there are many cases where anxiety exists but isn’t causing enough of a problem to warrant therapeutic intervention. In the cases where low-level anxiety is present, it is recommended to begin tackling this issue by initially[…]

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Bullying

Of the many worries that parents have about their children, one of the greatest is the fear that your child will be bullied. In situations like this, parents often feel completely helpless about what they can do to best support their child through this difficult time. When children[…]

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Dealing with OCD in Children

Children who have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) can end up feeling very isolated because they feel stressed and under pressure by the OCD itself. They may also feel so different knowing that their behaviours are unusual – that they are a lot different from other children and may[…]

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Struggling with Body Image

Children are becoming aware of their physical appearance from a much earlier age. This is likely to be caused by the number of images that they are bombarded with these days and how those images have been used to represent a sense of beauty, wealth, or achievement. Most[…]

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Helping Children and Teens Face Internet Bullying

Alongside a parent’s worries about the persecution and physical or verbal bullying that their child may experience during their time throughout education, there is in this modern-day and age an additional threat in the form of cyberbullying, otherwise known as internet bullying. Due to the rise in children[…]

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Help! My Child Has a Learning Difficulty

Upon discovery that your child or teenager is experiencing challenges with their learning, it is, of course, natural to feel some fear and anxiety. There are lots of unknowns and uncertainties that can cause both you and your child to feel a sense of uncertainty about what this[…]

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Summer Anxiety

Summer is often thought to be one of the most enjoyable experiences of the academic year for children and young people. However, this is not the case for everyone. First of all, there is the fear of transitioning to secondary school, for those who are leaving a much[…]

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