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How kids understand the concept of death: an age-by-age guide

Don’t wait for someone to die before you talk to your child

How to talk to your child about the death of a grandparent

Be ready for (and accept) a range of emotions

Let them see you grieve your loved one’s death

Include your child in the process of memorialising your loved one

Preserve as much of your child’s routine as possible

How to talk to your child about the death of a pet

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Children process death differently at different ages. By the time they reach middle childhood (ages 8 to 12), most kids know death is permanent and universal.

It’s important to talk with your child about death from an early age – if possible, before they experience it.

There are specific things you can do to help your child process the death of a grandparent or the loss of a beloved pet.

An age-by-age guide to how children understand death, along with resources for parents to talk about and process death with their kids.

How to talk to your child about death | Family Man | Movember

How to talk to your child about death

How does moving affect a child’s mental health?

How long does it take for kids to adjust to moving?

How does moving affect kids?

When you tell them about the move

It's normal for kids to have lots of different emotions about moving.

Introduce your child to your new home before the move

Introduce your child to your new home before the move.

Help your child say goodbye to some of their favorite people and places

Include your child in moving decisions where possible

Preparing kids before the big move

Set realistic expectations for moving day

On moving day, set up your child’s room first

End the day by doing something fun and relaxing together

Helping your child cope during the move

Reestablish their routine as quickly as possible after the move

Try to be as consistent as possible.

Enroll your child in some extracurricular activities

Encourage your child to stay in touch with friends from your old home

Helping your child adjust after the move

Signs your child is struggling to adjust after moving to a new home

Moving can be stressful for children. The experience can make them feel anxious or unsure about the future.

With enough time and support, most kids will adjust to a move.

There are steps you can take before, during and after the move to help them cope.

Moving across town or across the country can be disruptive for kids. Here are steps you can take before, during and after the move to help them cope.

How to help your child cope with moving anxiety | Movember

Moving across town or across the country can be disruptive for kids. Here are steps you can take before, during and after the move to help them cope.  

How to help your child cope with moving anxiety

Symptoms and signs of depression in children and teens

Signs and symptoms of depression in children

What depression is (and what it isn’t)

Why it’s important to talk about depression with your child

Early childhood (ages 3 to 7)

Middle childhood (ages 8 to 12)

Teens and adolescents (ages 13 to 18)

Talking with kids about depression: an age-by-age guide

What if your child tells you they think they have depression?

Encourage your child to practise self care

Examples of how to encourage your child to practise self care.

Reach out to a therapist or mental health professional

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IMPORTANT: If you believe they are in immediate danger

Depression among children is on the rise and affects their thinking, mood and behavior.

A simple yet powerful thing that you can do to help your child is to talk with them about depression from an early age, in an age-appropriate way.

There are specific signs and symptoms that you can watch for to help you spot depression in your child, and steps that you can take to support them.

Depression is affecting a growing number of kids. Here’s how you can talk to your child about depression and what signs to watch for.

How to talk to your child about depression | Movember

How to talk to your child about depression

Four (possible) negative effects of video games

Are video games harmful for kids?

6 surprising benefits of video games

How to set healthy boundaries around video games

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Some worry video games might be addictive, harmful or that they might encourage kids to be violent. Often the issue isn’t video games themselves but how they’re used.

Video games can have several benefits, such as boosting creativity and problem-solving abilities, helping kids express themselves, and sharpening their spatial skills.

The key is to set appropriate boundaries to ensure your child has a positive, healthy gaming experience.

Video games can boost creativity, problem solving and social skills. Learn how to ensure a positive gaming experience for your child.

Should your kids play video games?

Stigma and stimming in children with autism

Defining (and destigmatizing) stimming

Why do people stim?

What are the positive and negative effects of stimming?

What can (or should) be done about stimming among children with autism?

Stimming is commonly associated with autism, but in reality everyone practises self-stimulatory behavior.

Children with autism may stim as a coping mechanism when overwhelmed or as a way to manage or express emotions.

Parents’ goal should not be to stop a child from stimming. However, in some cases it may be important to identify and address the underlying needs met by stimming behaviors, in order to reduce stimming that may have negative effects.

Learn more about stimming (self-stimulatory behavior), its effects, and why many children with autism stim. 

What is stimming?

Learn more about stimming (self-stimulatory behavior), its effects, and why many children with autism stim.

Examples of challenging behaviors in children with autism

Examples of challenging behaviors  in children with autism 

What can trigger challenging behavior in children with autism?

How to know what triggers your child’s challenging behavior

10 practical ways to support a child with autism

Several things can trigger challenging behaviors in children with autism, including changes in routine, sensory overload and unfamiliar settings.

When you identify what triggers your child’s challenging behavior, you can try to address it before it happens.

There are several things you can do to provide a safe, supportive and stable environment for your child with autism.

What triggers challenging behavior in kids with autism and how can you help them cope?

Autism and children: how to cope with challenging behaviors 

Mix up the type of rewards. Be unpredictable! {Show excitement!}

Catch your child behaving

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Coming up next in episode 2 learn how to manage misbehavior at home. 

Deliver praise via a silent interpretive dance

It’s best to ignore them and wait for them to move out of home

You should lock yourself in your room and hide

It’s time to grab a drink and ride it out

If a child associates misbehavior with your attention they’re more likely to misbehave.

When kids are acting up, a high level of attention is best

It’s Sunday morning and all is quiet in the house. Help Raymond get to the bottom of what’s going on.

dad sips coffee and goes to ethan's room 

EP_1_HACK_OVERLAY - DO NOT REMOVE THIS - ask him to clean up/get back to my coffee/warm attention

dad asks ethan to clean up, he gets cranky (back to overlay)

dad gets back to coffee, ethan spills blocks followed by crashcourse

dad goes to sit on bed and give ethan attention, but hesitates

You're playing so nicely. How about cleaning up a bit?

You've been playing really nicely by yourself this morning, well done!

playing nicely, clean up? playing nicely, well done! you been good

Try Again

dad says ethan has been good but isn't specific enough

try again for not being specific with praise

ethan comes and chooses cereal for breakfast

specific praise, breakfast, physical affection

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You’ve got them all

{Rewards} to remember

Our top reward tips can take some practice, but they really up your parenting game.

Using rewards {like a pro}

Reward tips list

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whole family is calm and collected (conclusion)

WORKING AS A {TEAM} IS KEY

Take it from us, a strategy works best when the whole team’s in on the plan.

Including your team

Encouraging positive behavior

It's quiet, too quiet

Use rewards in any order you want. Mix it up and have fun with them but avoid being repetitive.

Rewards

Preparing Timeout

Coming up next in episode 3 learn how to manage high risk situations. 

Choose a location with toys to keep them quiet

Put yourself in time-out instead, hide till the mayhem passes

Try keeping your kids in time-out ‘til they turn 18

Slide their meals under the door 3 times a day

Ask your child repeatedly to do something, give up, drink or cry or both

Take a deep breath, yell to get your child’s attention, take them to time-out

Approach your child, give them stop-start instructions, time-out if needed

Ignore your child’s misbehaviour as long as you can, explode, put yourself in time-out

Misbehaviour, straight to time-out, child comes out when they’re ready

A family moment at the dinner table escalates. Bring peace to the home... or peas might fly!

dad cooking, daughter dances annoyingly on tablet

Ignore her/walk over to her/take away the device/ask her to stop 

Dad ignores loud child, child continues making noise 

Repeat your instruction/take away the device 

Reward her behavior (Even if you don't feel like it)

Dad rewarding child's good behaviour & dinner starting

Explain in detail why she needs to follow the rules

Tell her she’s not going to visit her friend

Giver her a quick smack/explain the rules/tell her she can't visit her friend/time for time-out

Don’t fall into the trap of talking too much, when children misbehave.

Dad telling child she can't visit her friend 

Taking away social events can be devastating to a child

Repeat your instructions/warn her about time-out/take her to time-out

Repeat instructions twice only before using a time-out

Warning (or threatening) to give time-out only heightens the situation.

Mis-timed affection can actually reinforce misbehaviour

Ask for an apology/Remind her why she was in time-out/Tell her she’s completed time-out

Dad reminds child why she was in time-out 

Now is not the time to revisit the problem behaviour

FINDING {BALANCE}

Keeping energy for both discipline and rewards

Wrap Up

Managing misbehavior at home

War and peas

Use these discipline steps in order for maximum effectiveness.

Discipline steps

Plan for a tough situation

That’s all the episodes done for now. Everything you’ve learned so far can be found in your parenting Toolkit. 

Find your partner, tell them it’s their turn, get back to what you were doing

Game plan, rehearse, explain the plan, coach as you go, review

Plan rewards and a practice run before hand

Leave it until right before the situation to explain.

Perform a dramatic re-enactment of what’s gone wrong in the past

Ask your child to listen up and keep quiet

Give your child plenty of notice and explain well ahead of time

State the rules positively (example: ‘play nicely’)

State the rules negatively so it’s clearer (Example: ‘don’t fight’)

Stick to being serious so your child knows it’s important

Demand Oscar winning performances from all involved

Discuss what went well, not so well and reward your child’s positive behavior.

A peaceful BBQ with friends takes a turn. See how Dave navigates and handles misbehavior outside the home.

dad has bad dream, then yells at kid chasing bird

Dad ignores Ollie and keen to catch-up with his friends

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How to talk to your child about death

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Should your kids play video games?

What is stimming?

Autism and children: how to cope with challenging behaviors

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How to talk to your child about death

How to help your child cope with moving anxiety

How to talk to your child about depression

Should your kids play video games?

What is stimming?

Autism and children: how to cope with challenging behaviors

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Father of 2

Tired of the tantrums?

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