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75 Awesome Calm Down Strategies for Kids (that they’ll want to try!)

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:34:00 +0000

75 Science-backed calm down strategies for kids that are easy, engaging, and will help your child develop strong emotional regulation skills. Read on and then grab your free printable of 75 calming techniques to have on hand when your child’s anger or anxiety takes over. ⭐️Free 9-page Expert Master guide⭐️>> 5 Secrets to MORE cooperation...

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Parenting an Angry Child? 10 Underlying Reasons you Shouldn’t Ignore

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:35:00 +0000

If you’re raising an angry child, learning the underlying causes of your child’s anger is the first step in anger management for kids. Although it’s not always possible to perfectly decode every angry outburst, there are several common reasons why a child may struggle to manage their irritability and frustrations. Anger and irritability in kids...

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10 Secrets of Effective Discipline with the Strong Willed Child

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:45:00 +0000

Discover how to handle discipline and deal with a strong-willed child in a way that capitalizes on their strengths and leads to better listening and cooperation. I’d say it was around my daughter’s third birthday when it became clear we were in over our heads. Between unmet expectations that a child will always listen to...

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Why Well-Meaning Dedicated Parents end up Having Kids that Talk Back and Don’t Listen

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:55:45 +0000

“There’s this big giant ‘elephant in the room’ of the parenting world…and I’m done going along with it being unacknowledged and unchallenged. Every day this misconception makes many good parents (and good kids) feel frustrated, defeated, and hopeless. The irony is never lost on me that it’s most often the parents trying the hardest, having...

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10 Strong Willed Child Characteristics and How They’ll Pay off in Adulthood

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000

If you’re raising a strong-willed child, you may feel the urge to temper their ‘spirited’ or ‘stubborn’ personalities. Strong-willed kids are self-directed and focused on their own path, which is actually a great thing! These traits can be massively challenging in day-to-day parenting, I know. But strong-willed characteristics in kids will serve them well later...

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10 Simple Calming Outdoor Activities for your Irritable Toddler

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Wed, 19 May 2021 18:19:21 +0000

Inside: Discover 10 easy fun and calming outdoor activities for toddlers when they’re tired, stressed, and overwhelmed. Over the past year and a half, children have been forced to spend more time indoors than ever before, and this has had tremendous effects on their ability to regulate their emotional responses to both their own stress...

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7 Eye-opening Reasons Your Child Isn’t Listening (and what to do about it)

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 02:08:57 +0000

Inside: Discover common reasons grounded in child development why your child isn’t listening or responding to your prompts or directives and how to get your child listening. If you find yourself musing “How do I get my child to listen?!” on a semi-regular basis, congratulations!! (Yes, I really mean that.) You have successfully helped create...

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The Single Most Helpful Trick for Dealing with a Child’s Emotional Outburst

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:10:49 +0000

Inside: Learn the first and most important step for responding to a child’s emotional outburst and a step by step guide to implement. Between my friends, clients in my therapy practice, and the Parents with Confidence Facebook community, I’ve seen a strong reoccurring theme these last few weeks with kids. There’s a good chance you’ve...

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Here’s the Magic Phrase to Use with Fighting Kids

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:51:55 +0000

Inside: Learn the best and most effective parenting phrase to use when intervening with kids fighting or any type of day to day family conflict. Emotions are running high right now for your family. I know this because they’re running high in mine too. “Stop it!” “Mom, she said she hated me!” “Well, I never...

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What to do When Your Angry Child Refuses Coping Strategies

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 03:37:15 +0000

Inside: Learn how to proceed when your angry child refuses coping strategies. “What do I do when my child refuses the coping strategies I offer?” It’s a question I get regularly when I talk to parents in my therapy practice about anger management for kids and how to best support their child in the midst of...

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Parent, Please be Careful with Your Wild One

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 15:53:05 +0000

I’m not trying to worry you. Well, maybe a little. It’s only because I want to make sure you know what’s at stake when you’re raising a wild child. Your child always has a lot MORE going on. More energy, more noise, more enthusiasm, more curiosity (you know the list goes on from there), and...

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It’s not ‘Bad Parenting’. You’re Raising a Strong-Willed Child.

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:11:12 +0000

Inside: Discover why many parents raising a child with a strong-willed temperament feel they’re failing when in reality, they’re on a unique parenting journey. There’s nothing that makes a new (or experienced!) parent feel more inadequate than parenting a strong-willed child. For starters, your child only listens on the 3rd Friday of each month and even...

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Got power struggles? How to Get Kids to Listen to You

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:36:40 +0000

Inside: Discover the proven steps to encourage and inspire a child to listen and cooperate. If I had a quarter every time I mused the thought, ‘Gosh, If these kids would just listen to me, things would be so much easier!’, to myself (or to my husband), I’d be a rich lady. Doesn’t it feel like they...

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The 50 Most Epic Anger Management Tools for Kids

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:42:46 +0000

Inside: Learn how to help your child control their anger with the 50 Best Anger Management Tools for Kids from a Child Therapist. I’m unloading the dishwasher listening to my four and seven-year-olds playing in the next room. I smile as I hear my creative little beings choreographing another dance ‘recital’ in the living room....

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7 Simple but Powerful Anger Management Activities for Kids

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Fri, 31 May 2019 00:42:05 +0000

As a child therapist, I’ve compiled 7 quick and easy anger management activities for kids you can do with no preparation, that help build healthy coping skills. Unmanaged anger holds the potential to derail a day, a week or a life. Giving our child a kick start to an emotionally healthy and grounded future means...

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Anger Management for Kids: A Therapist’s No-Fail Guide to Calm

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 16 May 2019 15:43:13 +0000

Inside: Discover research-backed tips and strategies on anger management for kids from a child and family therapist. My 4-year-old comes downstairs and asks for candy at 6:30 am and collapses on the floor sobbing when the answer is no. My 7-year-old feels left out of her sister and brother’s game and lashes out calling them both stupid....

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How to Help a Child Deal with Anger Now and Throughout Life

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Wed, 15 May 2019 16:02:27 +0000

Inside: Learn essential strategies for helping a child deal with anger and why research shows them to be effective throughout life, from a child therapist. A few times a month my 4-year-old plods down the stairs in his pull-up promptly inquiring “can I please have a piece of my candy for breakfast?” Really? You don’t...

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Before Disciplining a Child Please Know This Important Truth

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:13:34 +0000

Inside: Learn the most common oversight when it comes to disciplining a child and how shifting your perspective on your child’s behaviors will help improve them. I think most of us would like to consider ourselves ‘the glass is half full’ kind of people. I’ve always been more of an optimist, having this solidified while...

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The Simple 3 Step Plan for How to Stay Calm with Your Kids

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:50:20 +0000

Inside: Learn how to stay calm with kids on even the most chaotic days, and why it’s important to set a positive emotional tone for your family. I’m excited to share a guest post from Rebecca Eanes, who is the founder of Positive-Parents.org, the author of Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide and her book ‘The Gift...

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10 Simple Everyday Ways to Improve a Child’s Behavior and Mood

Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:08:58 +0000

Inside: Discover how basic integrative health approaches can be applied daily to improve child behavior, mood, and mental health. (*This article contains affiliate links for your convenience which allow me to make a small commission off your purchase to support the site. Thank you!) We call it the beast. It used to appear at least...

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