KMR Counselling Blog

When you think about your children's future, remember that you are their main role model. Be who you want them to be and they will be who...

Teaching children about the power of self-talk. We as adults know about the power of self-talk. That ability to see ourselves in a good...

A good relationship with your child’s teacher and school is a great starting point for handling any problems that come up at school. You...

Reframing our language around children. When you are trying to discipline your child, it is always good to remind yourself that your...

When younger children feel overwhelmed by their emotions, their brain goes into survival mode and they act purely on impulse. As adults,...

Mental Health versus Mental Illness Research into parents and their knowledge of mental health issues in children has revealed the...

BRAVE Star charts and anxious behaviour. One helpful and fun way you can help with your child’s anxious behaviours is to set up a reward...

Separation anxiety and your child. Separation anxiety is a given in most children when returning to school. For some children, it is big...

Boys and rough and tumble behavior. Boys are genetically different to girls in their behavior. There is more and more evidence from...

Learning to focus and pay attention is a skill like any other. Some children are good at it, some need help. Remember, it can be...

What parents can do to help children with grief and loss. People cope in all sorts of ways with grief and loss, and children are no...

All of us as humans struggle with negative self-talk. That little voice in our head that tells us we “can’t do this”, we are “not good at...

Preschoolers (ages 3-5 years) generally need between 10-13 hours of sleep per night, and school-age children (ages 6-13 years) need...

It is normal for a child to experience a whole range of emotions from rage to happiness. How do I know when there is a problem? You...

Transition to high school Transition to high school can be stressful for children and parents alike. For all those new parents to high...

Our children are the lights of our lives. We all start off as parents envisioning nothing but success, love and happiness for them....

Asking "why are you anxious" can be difficult to answer especially for children. The way anxiety works, our reasoning goes out of the...

Historically there has been a tendency to think we can teach children social behaviour by setting behavioural expectations and then...