How to Help Your Child Make Friends
Friendship skills can be taught and practiced. Here's how to coach the small social moves, set up low-pressure playdates, and support a shy or struggling child.
By JULIApr 28, 20267 min
Emotions & Social Skills
Big feelings, strong friendships.
A child who can name a feeling is a child on the way to managing it. This section is about the inner life of childhood — teaching emotional regulation, talking about feelings without lectures, building genuine self-esteem and helping a shy or struggling child make friends. These are the quiet skills that shape how a person handles the rest of their life.
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How to Build Self-Esteem in a Child (the Real Kind)
Real self-esteem isn't built on constant praise — it's built on competence, effort, and being loved as you are. Here's how to grow the durable kind of confidence.
By JULIMar 18, 20267 min
How to Talk to Kids About Feelings (So They Open Up)
Kids who can name what they feel handle it better. Here's how to build emotional vocabulary and respond so your child actually opens up — instead of shutting down.
By JULIFeb 11, 20266 min
How to Teach Emotional Regulation to a Child
Self-control isn't something kids are born with — it's taught, mostly through your calm. Here's how co-regulation, naming feelings, and simple tools build it over time.
By JULIJan 30, 20268 min