Claim OwnershipGritty Growing Up: Navigating Childhood in the 21st Century
Subscribed: 6Played: 145
Subscribe
© 2024 Gritty Growing Up: Navigating Childhood in the 21st Century
Description
How do we navigate childhood in a century that we have never experienced ever before? How do we parent children, when they are managing obstacles we do not even understand? Gritty Growing Up focuses on those topics and conversations that you know you need to have, but sometimes do not know where to start. From mental health to exams, consent to social behaviours, grab a cup of tea and let's talk mental health together.
48 Episodes
Reverse
Why do we need to set big goals? Why do we need to be role modelling it to young people? Why do we need to be encouraging the BIG dreamers? Listen and find out! Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Coach: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/l...
If you have followed us for a while, you'll know our motto is 'Stop Ticking Boxes - Start Changing Attitudes' but why? Dive in with us, as we explore why it is so important to stop using checklists and start being more holistic in our approach If you want to hear more about raising child resilience and connection, join us at the Dandelion Conference on April 27th 2024, details can be found at:https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/dandelion-conference/Subscribe to our free articles and a...
Can we support our children to become Fearless? Gritty Growing Up is joined by Chris Sheehan, one of our Dandelion Conference speakers, as we explore parenting, child mental health and creating a Fearless generation. Chris runs Fearless, which includes child coaching and guest speaking. He'll be running a one hour session with us soon! If you want to hear more about raising child resilience and connection, join us at the Dandelion Conference on April 27th 2024, details can be found at: ...
Do you have a child, or know a child, who cannot bear the world? They may want it to be quieter? smaller? safer? or, perhaps you know a child who is always wanting more colour, shine, sound? Dive into sensory behaviours with us as we look at the different experiences children may have....Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/T...
What do we actually know about ADHD? Are we sat on a seat of judgement thinking that it is just poor parenting and children need more self-restraint? Or, do you recognise that this neurodevelopmental condition means that the world is experienced differently? Let's dive into ADHD, boredom and sensory seeking behaviours. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontrai...
Do you find yourself standing in front of speeding trains? Are you trying to save everyone, but feeling like you are falling flat on your back? Or worst case, becoming squished? Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Coach: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/leve...
Ever get caught in the day to day thinking that someone is really wrong? Whether they are doing something wrong, behaving in a way that you do not like, or perhaps they are not being who you want them to be. Let's roll back, it's rarely about them and so often about us..... Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to ...
What's your recipe for happiness? They say that happiness is an inside job - but have you taken action to make sure that it is? In this episode, we explore the concept of creating a life that we love - and taking action, rather than waiting for others to 'make' us happy - because our feelings are our responsibility... Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandelion...
Can we stop blaming Tik Tok for ADHD and begin to look at the ways that our environment has changed instead? When children took their masks off, we cannot ask them to put them back on to make US feel better.... strap yourselves in, we are going in.... Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child and Adoles...
What did you do today, to help yourself? You probably know that old mantra, self-care is not selfish.... but how easy is it to put it into practice? Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Coach: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/level-4-mental-health-coach/...
Have you noticed that so many children are struggling with their feelings right now? Is there a connection with the events of 2020? Or, is there a gap in how we introduce the concept of feelings with children? Explore with us... Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health...
Have you noticed that everyone is becoming more irritable? That children are struggling more than ever? That services cannot meet demand for mental health support? Explore with us, as we look at one reason whySubscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Coach: https://dandelion...
Have you ever noticed that punishments do not work? That children just continue to repeat the behaviours, and everyone just becomes more and more frustrated? This episode, we look at carrot and stick approaches to behaviour and why they simply do not work for most children - and in some cases send everything backwards!Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandelio...
Are we missing the point of diagnosis? For so many children, their needs are missed, often not even referred, as gaps in knowledge, understanding and in some cases relationships, prevent the connections being made. To be truly inclusive, we need to do more that put up friendly posters and have dress up days. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontrainingan...
Christmas is so often a time that films paint a perfect, but for so many families Christmas is a season that we just want to move through as quietly and easily as possible, So, explore with us as we look at ways that we can soften the edges of Christmas and make it a calmer season for everyone. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.c...
Do you know a child who struggles with rejection? Do you know child or teenager who is convinced that their friends hate them, when the evidence is not in line with this? In this week's episode we consider the role of rejection sensitivity in ADHD and ADD, and how this affects young people and their relationships. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontrai...
Is all stress the same? Why do some people seemingly fly through stress? Whilst others battle? Why do some shut down, and others become angry? In this episode, we look at the role of stress, and how we can identify children's stress responses and their different responses, and then how we can begin unpicking them and helping. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://d...
How grateful are you? Do you find it easy to express gratitude, or is it something that feels more challenging? This podcast is by no means monster-bashing, but join us as we look at the difference between gratitude and worry monsters and why we need to teach and role model to children the power of recognising and acknowledging gratitude if we want to develop growth mindsets. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources...
Can we change the system? Today we're climbing onto the metaphorical soap box to consider whether teachers are being asked to paddle up streams without the equipment that they need to support mental health. Is there a cultural shift we need to make to stop the levels of burnout and staff turnover and reduce diagnostic overshadowing which prevents children from accessing the help that they need. Subscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/...
Why does ADHD make making friends so challenging? Is there a reason why they can jump between friends? Forget to reply to messages? End up with hoards of texts and emails to respond to? Explore with us as we dive into people blindness.... #ADHD #PersonblindnessSubscribe to our free articles and activities at: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/articles-resources/Learn more by completing one our courses: https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/courses/Train to be a Level 4 Child a...
Comments
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States