Kingston Kids Toronto East

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Thank you to those who came out to see us today at the Spring Festival on Kingston Road! Our shaving cream and orbeez sensory balls were very popular!

We still have a few spaces in some of our camp weeks! July 6-10, July 20-24, Aug 4-7(Full day) and Aug 10-14. Check us out! Sign up now! Come see us on Saturday for the Kingston Rd Spring Festival. (Also, Happy Pride month! 🌈🌈)

Come visit us on the Saturday of the Spring Festival! We look forward to meeting you or seeing you again. 🌹🌸🌺👧🏻🧒🏼👶

Summer is just around the corner and we only have a few spots left.
Sign up for a week or even just a couple days.
Can’t wait to have fun!

At KK we help kids take the small steps to grow their bravery

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Avoidance feels like relief. And in the moment, it is.

The heart rate slows, the dread lifts, and it feels like the right call.

But the brain is taking note. And what it learns is this: ‘We avoided that. It must have been dangerous.’

So next time, the alarm rings louder. The need to avoid feels bigger. And their world shrinks a little more.

This is how anxiety grows - not through weakness, but through what the brain is quietly being taught.

Because the brain learns from everything.

Every time we avoid something safe that feels scary, it files it under dangerous.

Every time we move towards it - even in the smallest way - it starts to learn something new. We did that. We survived. Maybe it’s okay. Maybe I can be brave.’

This is why we can’t protect young people from anxiety by helping them avoid it.

We strengthen them by showing them they can feel anxious and still move forward. That anxiety, as long as they’re safe, won’t hurt them.

The goal was never no anxiety. It was always this - learning to move forward with anxiety, small, doable ways.

Small brave steps. Repeated.

Not explanation. Not reassurance. Not waiting until it feels safe - because that moment doesn’t come first. Experience comes first.

Then another step. And another. Nothing heroic. Just real.

The brain doesn’t learn from what we tell it. It learns from what we live.

Avoidance grows anxiety.
Experience shrinks it.
The brain learns what it lives.♥️

Let them grow and be brave

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Overprotection comes from a place of the deepest love, but it can make anxiety worse - in the short term and the long term.

It soothes in the moment, for them, and for us. But when we step in too quickly, we quietly change the story
they’re building about themselves.

Not in words, but in experience.

‘I couldn’t have done that.’
‘I needed help.’
‘Maybe I’m not capable.’
‘Anxiety means danger, and the only way to stay safe is to avoid.’

Protection has an important place.
It keeps them safe from danger.

But when there’s no danger, stepping in doesn’t protect - it limits.

This is the tension of parenting: knowing when to hold close, and when to let them stretch.

Because confidence doesn’t come from being protected. It comes from discovering:

‘I can do this. Even when I feel anxious, even when I feel like I don’t have what it takes, I can do hard things.’

Stay close. Let them try.♥️

This year we’re trying out a full day camp! This camp is designed for some of our older kiddos who are ready for a little bit more adventure!

Valentine’s Day
PA day camp!
Feb. 13th 930-1245
Join us for some friendship fun!