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The Power of Positive Attention - Child Mind Institute Studies show that praise for behavior you want to encourage gets more results than calling out behavior you want to stop. How to use positive attention.

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How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers - Child Mind Institute How does social media affect teens? Experts say kids are growing up with more anxiety and less self-esteem due to social media. Read advice for parents from specialists in our article.

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How Can We Help Kids With Self-Regulation? - Child Mind Institute Discover how to help your child develop self-regulation skills and regulate their emotions. Get self-regulation strategies for kids.

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It’s not your job to rush them. It’s your job to protect the short childhood years in slowness, boredom, curiosity, and deep presence. 💭

Let’s go barefoot, with pockets full of rocks and paint in our hair. ✨

What I wish more parents knew:

When your child is dysregulated — yelling, shutting down, lashing out — it’s not because they’re trying to make life harder for you. Often, they’re doing the best they can with the tools they have.

Your child isn’t giving you a hard time — they’re having a hard time.
Underneath every meltdown, shutdown, or outburst is a message:
🔹 “I don’t feel safe.”
🔹 “I don’t know how to say what I need.”
🔹 “I feel overwhelmed.”

Behaviour is communication, and big feelings in little bodies can come out in messy ways.

This doesn’t mean you have to accept all behaviour — it means we start with understanding. You can set boundaries and be compassionate. You can feel frustrated and stay curious.

You don’t need to have all the answers. You just need a way in. When we shift from reacting to listening, we create space for connection, growth, and healing. 🖤

Your Calm Is Their Calm: Co-Regulation Strategies for Infants and Toddlers What does coregulation vs. self-regulation mean for babies and toddlers? Get insight and ideas for emotional regulation activities for kids.

Truth 🎯 Similar to how we all operate.

From Empowering Kids Media - Books & Mental Health/Wellness

At the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership National Conference for Early Childhood Leaders, our senior director of Professional Innovations, Sarah LeMoine, emphasized a key idea: early childhood education and infant and early childhood mental health are not separate conversations.

These fields are rooted in the same soil: strengths-based perspectives, relationships, culture and emotional well-being. These priorities are interconnected, and when we support them together, everyone benefits.

Read more of her open letter on mental health in early childhood: https://bit.ly/43g4YOW

Meet Sarah this October. She'll be leading our Higher Education Faculty Institutes: Critical Competencies, part of our Pre-Conference Programming at the 2025 LEARN Conference: https://bit.ly/3SBEFO4

Currently open for new clients under NDIS and privately funded.

Mental health and behaviour support 0 - 18 with specific capacity for 0 - 8 years old

Specialising in:
- Developmental delays
- Childhood anxiety and other mental health difficulties
- Attachment
- PTSD and trauma related difficulties
- Perinatal and infant mental health

Your worth as a parent isn't measured by your child's behaviour.

Some days will be harder than others, but your consistent love and presence matter more than any momentary struggle.

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