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Fredabanana: Children’s Emotional Well-Being and School Success

Why Letting Your Child Fail Is So Difficult

Spread the love by Dr. Kim Grengs, Parent Coach Letting your child fail is so difficult… but so healthy for everyone! It never gets easy to watch or let your child fail. From when they are just starting to crawl and they literally fall on their face…

Education & Learning, Positive parenting

How Social Emotional Learning Builds School Success

Spread the love by Lisa Reichelt, M.Ed., Parent Coach All parents want their child to succeed in school and in life. Would it surprise you to know that this success is more dependent on the child’s social and emotional strength than it is on their reading, writing…

Education & Learning, School success

An Easy Way to Stop Negative Thinking

Spread the love By Lisa Edwards, M.Ed, Parent Coach Want an easy way to stop negative thinking? My son struggles with negative thinking and it hurts as a parent to hear this. . He constantly says, “I’m not good enough.” “No one cares about me.” “I…

Education & Learning, Positive parenting

How Reading Helps Children Succeed in School and Life

Spread the love by Dr. Kim Grengs, Parent Coach Did you know that in order to succeed in life one must be a successful reader? To read is to succeed. Literacy is an act of power and freedom for children. It creates a sense of well-being for…

Education & Learning, School success

Puzzled by Your Child’s Anxiety? Part 2

Spread the love By Lisa Reichelt, Parent Coach Check out Part 1 Here We have talked about the symptoms and categories, now let’s look at what you can do to help your child. All humans respond to the feelings of anxiety with the reaction of Fight, Flight…

Child anxiety, Education & Learning

Helping Your Child With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Spread the love more As a parent of a child that has been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) there is a lot to know and learn. After eleven years from the first visit to the psychologist I am still learning what to do. I assumed my…

Child anxiety, Education & Learning

Why School Attendance Makes a Difference in a Child’s Life

Spread the love by Dr. Kim Grengs, Parent Coach Does attending school daily impact a child’s life? Yes! Attendance makes a difference in a child’s life and in school. It affects students’ academic and social emotional learning in many ways. Chronic absenteeism is detrimental to the success…

Education & Learning, School success

How to Use Brain Breaks to Calm Kids

Spread the love by Dr. Kim Grengs, Ed.D., Parent Coach Brain Breaks work for children! Do you know how to use Brain Breaks to calm kids? When children are given Brain Breaks they learn to regulate their bodies and mind. Knowing how and when to take a…

Education & Learning, Positive parenting

Puzzled by Your Child’s Anxiety?

Please share! By Lisa Reichelt, Parent Coach What is anxiety in children exactly? Shouldn’t adults be the ones who experience anxiety? Shouldn’t a child’s life be carefree and happy? Certainly happiness is our desire for our children, but sometimes there are things that get in the way. Currently many children…

Child anxiety, Education & Learning

How to Make the Most of Parent-Teacher Conferences

Spread the love By Lisa Edwards, Parent Coach Have you ever gone to a parent teacher conference and wondered why you went? Too often, parents are hustled through this 15 – 20 minute timeslot with a tired teacher who they can tell is giving the same spiel…

Education & Learning, School success