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Therapist-led guidance and resources for a calmer parenting approach 🟠 | by Kristina Townsend | Qualified Children’s Therapist | PGDip CBT | 12 Years Experience Supporting Children and Familes |
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25/03/2026

Hundreds of teenagers are about to come off social media completely as part of a proper trial.

The UK didn’t pass a full ban for under-16s (yet) -partly because there isn’t enough causal evidence, but also because this isn’t a small thing to regulate. These platforms are powerful, embedded, and not going anywhere overnight.

So now they’re trying to get clear answers.

Something to be mindful of is the transition between phones and no phones.

If a child’s confidence, connection, identity, even their downtime is wrapped up in that little screen -removing it without replacing can show huge behaviour dips before it gets better..That’s where frustration, boredom, and disconnection creep in.

The real work is helping them build a life outside of it that actually feels good. Start small. Do it alongside them. Make it normal again.

I’ll be keeping a close eye on this study because it could genuinely shift how we approach phones with our kids.

Save this if it’s something you’re navigating right now 🤍💫💛

17/03/2026

One of the biggest shifts in parenting over the past 20 years has been recognising that children don’t learn emotional regulation by being told to calm down, rather understanding what emotions are, how they present themselves and how to process and manage them healthily.

That means helping them:
• name feelings
• understand feelings
• talk about feelings

Stories can be one of the more subtle/enjoyable ways to start those conversations.

These are some of the books I often recommend when parents want to help children understand big emotions like anger, sadness and worry.

I’d love to know if any parents / carers / professionals have other suggestions 👇💛

13/03/2026

Book suggestions for consent and saying ‘no’

Teaching children to be polite is important, but helping them learn to be assertive is just as important.

As parents and trusted adults, we’re not always going to be there when children feel pressured, uncomfortable, or unsure about something.

So over time, we want them to build a sense of confidence and strength from within, an ability to pause, trust their instincts, and say no when something doesn’t feel right.

That can feel tricky, because many of us were raised to believe that being assertive meant being rude or disrespectful, in reality, assertiveness is about helping children understand that their voice matters, and that their body belongs to them.

Stories like these can be a really subtle starting point for those conversations, and can lead to little reflections afterwards that create a foundation and trust between parent and child.

Children who are confident or sure enough to say no, are children who feel safest in the world 💫🧡
(nb. not my mic running out of battery at the end🙃).

05/03/2026

🩵 Children don’t process information the same way adults do 🩵

A 4 year old hearing “Grandad might have cancer” will experience that very differently from a 14 year old hearing the same sentence.

In child development we often think about how much information a child’s brain can realistically process at each stage.

Younger children tend to think very literally and can struggle with uncertainty, whereas older children and teenagers can usually hold more complexity.

That’s why the level of detail we share with children matters more than the honesty itself.

Research in child development consistently shows that children cope best when adults provide clear explanations, calm reassurance, and information that matches their developmental stage.

Every child is different of course :temperament, previous experiences, and family circumstances all play a role. These guidelines are simply developmentally informed and hopefully many parents find them helpful when navigating difficult conversations 🧡

A reminder that children absorb the tone, the emotion, and the sense of safety around them.

Save this as a guide if you ever need to have one of those conversations 💛

02/03/2026

‘It’s not funny’ - how often do we say this ? 😂

Children laugh because they are holding too many strong emotions at one time.

When a child laughs during a serious conversation, being told off, or even when someone is upset - it is the stress response showing itself.

When emotions are too much, the brain can default to release mechanisms:

• laughing
• smiling
• fidgeting
• looking away

It’s the body trying to regulate intensity.

The amygdala activates under stress, and if the prefrontal cortex (the part responsible for reasoning and social awareness) is flooded, behaviour doesn’t always match the situation.

To an adult, it can look inappropriate, and to a child, it can feel uncontrollable.

Instead of saying “What’s funny?”
Try:
“I can see you’re feeling a lot right now . Let’s slow it down and go from there start.” It’s important to fin the regulation fist and then comeback to the details later.

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