Blog
The team's articles on parenting, emotions and children's mental health, and news from the project.
How can we help our child welcome a new brother or sister into the family?
A new baby changes everyone's place at home. With preparation and time of their own, the older sibling can experience it as something they gain.
Family cinema: Elio
Elio is a boy who cannot quite find his place and looks to the stars to search for it. A film for talking about loneliness, loss and belonging.
Obsessive behaviour: when should I worry?
Rituals and quirks are part of development. The difference between a habit and a problem is the distress it causes and the time it takes up.
Is it helpful to try to avoid unpleasant emotions?
Running away from fear, sadness or anger brings relief in the short term, but usually makes them bigger. Learning to stay with them is a skill that can be taught.
How can I tell if my child is depressed?
Childhood depression is real, and it does not always look like sadness. It often shows up as irritability, loss of interest or physical complaints.
Family cinema: Inside Out 2
Riley has turned thirteen and new emotions are arriving in her head. A film for talking about anxiety, embarrassment and who we are when we change.
How can we help our children manage their anger?
Getting angry is normal and healthy. What needs to be learned is what to do with anger without hurting anyone.
How can we help our children with their emotional development?
Learning to recognise, express and regulate emotions is a long process. We adults are the first model and the main support.
How can we make our separation less difficult for our children? (Part II)
After a separation, what protects children is stability, similar routines in both homes and being kept out of the adults' conflict.
How can we make our separation less difficult for our children? (Part I)
How a separation is announced has a big influence on how children experience it. Clarity, a united front and one message repeated: it is not your fault.
How can I help my children regulate themselves better?
Self-regulation is the ability to manage emotions, attention and behaviour. It builds up over the years, first with an adult's help and then on their own.
Family cinema: Inside Out
Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust live inside Riley's head. A perfect film for starting to talk about emotions at home.
How can I support my son or daughter through grief?
Children grieve too, even if they show it differently. They need the truth, the chance to take part and adults who do not hide their own sadness.
Why is it important to teach emotion regulation strategies?
Research shows that emotion regulation, that is, the ability to handle emotions appropriately, plays a very important role in developing or maintaining a psychopathology. Sooner or later, a person's emotional skill will trigger a range of behaviours which, if they are poorly adaptive, can lead…