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How do you explain racial bias to your children? I have chosen the Comic Sans font as this is the font used primarily in National Schools and is easily recognizable to young students who may want to read this with their parents. I recall a young white child saying to a black child (Person of…
Dr Victoria Khromova, founder of Emerging Parent. Victoria started Emerging Parent alongside working as a child and adolescent psychiatrist after realising just how much of the knowledge that she had gained through her training she was using to parent her own daughter. Knowledge that was available through specialist clinical courses and books, but difficult to…
MY SON IS BLACK, HE NEEDS TO KNOW BY CLAIRE QUANSAH (MUMSOMNIA) I have a nearly 8-year old son. He’s handsome, funny, smart, caring. He makes us proud. But in recent months I’ve become increasingly aware of the difficult conversations I’m going to have to have with him. Aside from the puberty and girls chat (eeek!…
Talking to Children About Racial Bias By: Ashaunta Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS, FAAP & Jacqueline Dougé, MD, MPH, FAAP Given the tragic and racially-charged current events, many parents are wrestling with their own feelings, the hopes they have for their children, and the difficulty of helping those children thrive in a world full of racial bias. Parents…
HOW BLUE ZONING IN SELF-ISOLATION CAN HELP PROTECT YOUR BODY AND MIND During lockdown it can be difficult to feel healthy in our bodies and minds. When confined to our houses, we might not feel motivated to do an intense workout. Equally, we might feel more tempted by takeaways and junk food. These are difficult…
Protecting Our Children From Our Inner Demons THE BABY WHO HAD A FIT OVER HER FATHER’S STUBBLE! BY DR GAUTAM KULKARNI Another emergency referral! “An 8-month baby whose dad was swinging her, when she suddenly went pale, gave a cry and had a fit!” Incredible story, I thought. Never before in my 25 years as…
DEALING WITH A FUSSY DRESSER My daughter was 2 when she started being “funny” with clothes. It all started over a pair of jeans, they were a little small for her and made her uncomfortable, then all jeans were branded unwearable and CC has never worn a pair since. I loved dressing up my baby…
CLEVERWORLD, a leading app production company founded by Adam Green, Clenet Verdi-Rose and Alexandra Skaltsounis, has launched a free new app called Calm Kingdom. The appsupports and helps children (aged 2-7 years) to build stable, emotional foundations through creative mental and physical exercises, which have been designed to support their growth into mentally healthy adults. This highly…
SUCCESS IS SITTING UP STRAIGHT:POSE CAN IMPROVE SELF-CONFIDENCE IN CHILDREN Adopting a dominant pose like sitting straight up can improve self-confidence in children and help them feel better at school, a study has concluded. Researchers from Germany had 108 fourth-grade students complete psychological tests after either adopting power poses or less dominant and less assured bearings. The…
HOW TO ILLNESS PROOF YOUR HOME: 9 POWERFUL WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY Getting sick is no fun. And with the recent pandemic of COVID-19, it’s even more imperative that we take a little extra time to keep our spaces extra sanitary. Doing so helps to prevent many germs and bad bacterias from taking hold of our immune…