Blog
The team's articles on parenting, emotions and children's mental health, and news from the project.
How can I use body language and tone of voice to communicate better with my son or daughter?
Children read our body and our voice before our words. Small changes in the way we say things can change how they are received.
Setting limits
This is a summary of the talk we give at schools. If you would like us to give it at yours, get in touch. When we talk about setting limits for children, words like forbidding, punishing or saying no often come to mind. But setting limits goes far beyond that. Setting limits is really about setting…
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.
What is time-out?
Time-out is a short, calm pause to interrupt a behaviour. Used well, it is not a humiliating punishment but a chance to calm down.
Talk on family life together
SOS Children's Villages invites you to a talk on family life together next Wednesday, 29 January, at 5 pm at CEIP Gabriel Vallseca (no registration needed)
How can I use humour in raising my children?
Laughing together lowers tension, strengthens the bond and makes cooperation easier. The condition is to laugh with the child, never at them.
How can I help my child build study habits?
A good study habit is built with routine, a suitable space and growing independence, more than with hours in front of books.
What can I do to get my child to eat a bit of everything?
Accepting new foods takes time and many tastes without pressure. The table works better as a meeting place than as a battlefield.
How can I build a positive relationship with my children?
A good relationship does not depend on big plans, but on small, repeated moments of attention, affection and genuine interest.
How does the pace of the TV programmes my children watch relate to their attention?
Not all cartoons are the same. Very fast-paced ones can leave children more restless and less able to concentrate right after watching them.
What can we do to reduce rivalry between siblings?
Fights between siblings are normal and even useful. Our role is not to act as judge, but to teach them how to sort them out.