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11 Poses to Help Kids Feel Brave

By Nicole Cardoza — 2018

This sequence, created by Yoga Foster founder Nicole Cardoza, encourages kids to be brave, own their bodies, and speak up for what they need.

Read on www.yogajournal.com

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Self-Soothing Techniques for Kids

All kids feel anxious or stressed sometimes, like when they’re getting ready for a big test. But kids who learn and think differently may feel stress more often or more intensely. Self-soothing techniques can help them relax and regain their sense of control.

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Kate Kelly
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How to Reduce Oppositional Defiant Behavior in Children With ADHD

Family life can be frustrating and exhausting when you have a child who often displays challenging oppositional behaviors. But there are ways to make the situation better.

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Keath Low
2020
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Why Is My Child So Angry and Defiant? An Overview of Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Forty percent of children with ADHD also develop oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), a condition marked by chronic aggression, frequent outbursts, and a tendency to argue, ignore requests, and engage in annoying behavior. Begin to understand severe ADHD and ODD behaviors here.

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Royce Flippin
2022
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How to Handle Out-of-Control Kids

Maintaining your authority is important to your child’s well-being—and it’s important for your own emotional health too.

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Amy Morin
2020
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms and Treatment

It’s normal for all kids to be defiant sometimes. But kids with oppositional defiant disorder are defiant almost all the time.

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Amy Morin
2020
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Effective Ways to Handle Defiant Children

Understanding what’s behind your child’s behavior is an important part of addressing the problem.

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Katherine Lee
2020
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

If your child or teenager has a frequent and persistent pattern of anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness toward you and other authority figures, he or she may have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).

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Mayo Clinic Staff
2018
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Teaching Children to Calm Themselves

When Luke gets angry, he tries to remember to look at his bracelet. It reminds him of what he can do to calm himself: stop, take a deep breath, count to four, give yourself a hug and, if necessary, ask an adult for help.

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David Bornstein
2014
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Heart-Mind Challenge: Solving Problems Peacefully

The strategies that children and youth use to resolve conflict change as they grow up. Stages of brain development are highly influential to both how children approach conflict and to the kinds of support adults can offer to build skills.

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Dalai Lama Center
2014
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Why Shaming Your Children Is a Bad Idea and What You Can Do Instead

As parents, we need to step off our pedestal, stop dominating our kids, and instead treat them as we like to be treated. After all, do you like being shamed? Does it bring out the best in you?

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Shefali Tsabary
2015
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Helping Children Deal with Emotions