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World Meditation Day 2024: What is mindfulness? Know how it helps children in emotional development

In the contemporary world, kids often find themselves at the intersection of social pressures, extracurricular engagements and academic commitments. What it does instead is it helps children acquire appropriate coping strategies for anxiety and enhance their self-regulatory skills through their engagement in age-appropriate mindfulness practices. When we spoke to Tejaswani Arora Clinical Psychologist at LISSUN, she said that children performing …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cheat sheet for difficult emotions: Therapist shares hacks

Hindustan Times

Cheat sheet for difficult emotions: Therapist shares hacks From anger to panic to anxiety, here’s how we can channel our difficult emotions and make the nervous system calm. From anger to panic to anxiety, here’s how we can channel our difficult emotions and make the nervous system calm and relaxed. 2 / 6 Anxiety: The best way to handle anxiety …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Support boosted for depressed adolescents

China Daily

Children wear brainwave devices to monitor their emotional states at a child and adolescent mental health service center in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, in May last year. CHINA DAILY Lowering defenses Like Zhang's son, Pang Haolin, a 22-year-old college student, had to take temporary breaks from studying during secondary and high school due to mental health problems. "If your child is already …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Understanding and addressing childhood anxiety in children: Causes, symptoms and expert tips for parents

Hindustan Times

Being worried about your child's well-being is normal for parents, especially when it comes to their mental and emotional health. With childhood anxiety affecting one in eight children, recognising symptoms and providing support is crucial. Dr. Sonam Kothari, MBBS and MD-PhD in Clinical Neurosciences, Co-Founder and CEO, Butterfly Learnings shared with HT Lifestyle some practical tips for parents to help …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Aggressive behaviour in children? Here are 10 tips to teach them to self-calm, right ways to react

Hindustan Times

Aggression in children can be attributed to several reasons where sometimes staying away from home for longer durations triggers anguish and anxiety in them, while at other times different factors such as academic stress, personal troubles, unhealthy family environment and so on and so forth may cause their mental calmness to deteriorate. Here are 10 tips to teach them to …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

There's a mental health crisis gripping kids today, but the way out is a job for all of us

ABC

My kid is so close to being a teenager, it scares me. "There is no doubt that an increased willingness to report mental health problems — including by children, adolescents and their parents, and at increasingly younger ages — is one of the reasons for the ever-increasing prevalence rates of mental distress in younger Australians," says Professor Ian Hickie, a …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Number Of Kids Feeling Sad Or Hopeless Is On The Rise. Here's How To Counteract It.

Huff Post

adamkaz via Getty Images Experts reveal the major keys to improving teens' mental health. Zach Rausch, Haidt’s chief researcher at New York University, explained to HuffPost that the way social media evolved from 2009 to 2015 has made it “particularly harmful to adolescents.” The addition of “like” and “retweet” buttons in 2009, the advent of front-facing cameras on phones and …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

War negatively impacts child development, causing long-term and permanent mental health consequences

The Hindu

Published : Apr 26, 2024 16:37 IST - 4 MINS READ Around the world, children are disproportionately bearing the brunt of war. Forty per cent of kids are not attending in-person school,” Leah James, a mental health support specialist at the United Nations Children’s Fund, told DW. “Early life stressors can cause specific abnormalities in the development and neural circuit …

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8 months ago

How to help kids articulate and regulate their emotions

Hindustan Times

According to the American Psychology Association, 'emotion regulation' is an individual's ability to modulate an emotion or a set of emotions. Babies and young children often display unregulated behavior or 'melt-downs' because they have not yet learnt to identify and name difficult emotions, let alone express them in a healthy way. Attention to cognitive and language development and support from …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Establishing Routine to Practising Mindfulness: 7 tips to boost attention span of your child

India TV News

In today's modern environment, filled with numerous distractions, nurturing a strong attention span in children is crucial. If you're looking to boost your child's attention span, here are seven practical tips to help them stay focused and attentive Establish a routine: Consistency is key when it comes to improving attention span. Encourage physical activity: Regular exercise has been shown to …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

14 tips and tricks to boost attention span of your child

Hindustan Times

In the digital age, attention spans are diminishing due to multiple distractions in the form of notifications, videos and other captivating content. How to increase your child's focus: To boost attention span of your child, it's important to introduce your little one to mindfulness practices and meditation. To boost attention span of your child, it's important to introduce your little …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bridging the gap: 6 strategies for fostering strong school-to-home connections

India Today

Nurturing comes readily to caregivers, parents, and teachers. As parents and educators, it is key to have children embrace challenges they may come across academically or otherwise to build on these life skills. Expose children/ students to appropriate levels of challenge: Help children learn how to deal with challenges and stress by providing opportunities that are achievable but not too …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Homes and schools must help students battle exam stress

Hindustan Times

Students often find it a formidable challenge to strike a balance between achieving academic excellence and maintaining physical and mental health in a fiercely competitive environment. Students face academic pressure and suffer performance anxiety, which deeply impacts their mental health and overall well-being. Here are some tips for students to improve physical health and mental well-being during examinations: Small breaks …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

To help these school kids deal with trauma, mindfulness lessons over the loudspeaker

NPR

To help these school kids deal with trauma, mindfulness lessons over the loudspeaker Enlarge this image toggle caption Octavio Jones for NPR Octavio Jones for NPR TAMPA, Fla. — At 8:30 a.m. on a sunny winter day, the cafeteria tables at the Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership Elementary School are packed. Sponsor Message "Mindfulness is one of the few tools we …

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1 year ago

Tips for enhancing child mental health

Hindustan Times

There are various factors that can impact the mental well-being of children hence, it is important for parents to understand how to help the child to calm down and stay stress-free. The child’s mental health can go for a toss due to various reasons as children who witness conflict and aggression at home are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

5 ways to make mindfulness a part of your child’s day

Live Mint

Childhood is often seen as a carefree time, but kids can face stressful situations that affect their well-being. Exhaling is like letting the air out of a balloon Encourage your youngster to breathe slowly and deeply, inflating and deflating their "balloon" tummy Count your child's breaths together, gradually increasing the count as he or she gets more at ease This …

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1 year, 2 months ago

How app-based mindfulness practice could improve children’s mental health

Live Mint

Today’s stressful environments can take a toll on the mental well-being of not just adults but also children. Previous studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed that including mindfulness—the practice of focusing on one’s present—in schools could benefit children by improving their academic performance and reducing stress. Now, a new study has found that practising mindfulness remotely, using an …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Simple learning techniques to help children overcome inhibitions and apprehensions

Hindustan Times

Walt Disney once said, “I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Simple learning techniques to help children overcome inhibitions and apprehensions Research has shown that we can 'train the brain' effectively right from a young age. The mental health expert recommended some activities that parents can use …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Boredom need not be all bad, but beneficial for kids too

Deccan Chronicle

There is a saying in Italian – ‘Dolce far niente,’ which translates to the sweetness of doing nothing or sweet idleness. But parents almost always feel that to avoid idleness and boredom, children need to be cramped with multiple activities, especially during their school holidays or when they are somewhat free after their exams and feel that kids must attend …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Mindful parenting: 6 effective ways to teach your child to be mindful and emotionally resilient

Hindustan Times

In today's fast-paced and demanding world, nurturing mindfulness and emotional resilience in children has become more crucial than ever. By incorporating mindful parenting practices, we can empower our little ones with the tools to navigate life's ups and downs with grace and inner strength. Therefore, by incorporating mindful parenting practices, we can empower our little ones with the tools to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Parenting Tips: How to help your child deal with stress

India TV News

Is your child suffering from exhaustion, headaches, digestive problems, anxiety, sadness and more. Children between the age of 9-13 get exposed to social networking sites like Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and many more. Many times, busy parents hand a gadget to their highly active child to keep him/her busy. Spend Time Together- Children want additional love, care and support in their …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Helping Adolescents Navigate the Challenges of Growing Up

News 18

Adolescence is a critical period when people undergo many physical and psychological changes that typically occur between puberty and adulthood. It is essential to educate adolescents about the risks of alcohol consumption and drugs, provide them with strategies to avoid indulging in life-altering substance abuse. Proper sex education is also important for adolescents to ensure they know how to protect …

Health Adolescents

1 year, 10 months ago

From self-love to breathwork: Tips to take care of your well-being throughout exam season

Hindustan Times

February-March is the most gruelling time for school students as they gear up for their annual examinations. Key to overcoming exam stress: Self-love, breathwork, movement and music “Students unfortunately have conditioned their self-worth to their success. Time management and planning are key to relieving stress and, most importantly, SOS practices for self-care to reduce stress and anxiety at the moment …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Maximising concentration: Tips to boost your child's attention span and improve focus

Hindustan Times

Attention span is an important aspect of cognitive development in children. As parents, it is important to understand the factors that affect attention span and to develop strategies to help children improve their attention and focus. Talking to HT Lifestyle, Kirti Verma, Psychologist and Parenting Expert, suggested tips and techniques that can be used to boost your child's attention span. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Raising successful kids: 5 most important qualities to nurture in young children

Hindustan Times

When it comes to figuring out the personality traits in kids, every parent has a front-row seat to the ongoing nature and nurture child development debate. Raising successful kids: 5 most important qualities to nurture in young children When children reach the school-going age, they spend 2-3 hours a day, where the kids adapt holistic learning in a significant format. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Tips for parents to keep children stress-free, focused and calm during exam season

Hindustan Times

Exams can be a stressful time for children, and as a parent, it's important to support your child in managing their stress levels. Parents often keep their child’s interests in mind and believe that they understand what's best for their child, however, it’s important to acknowledge that certain stress mitigation strategies can do more harm than good. Exam season: Tips …

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2 years ago

Are you feeling exam anxiety? Beat the stress with guided meditation to increase focus

India TV News

The board-exam fever is rising. Level SuperMind held 7-day workshops at schools in Sion and Dharavi areas of Mumbai and introduced the practice of guided meditation to them. Be it for dealing with exam anxiety, improving attention span, or boosting self-confidence, meditation is one of the best ways for students to increase their productivity and study calmly under the pressure. …

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2 years ago

6 ways to help your child strengthen their concentration

Hindustan Times

Many parents are often worried due to their kid's low concentration levels. Please note that executive function disorders can affect our child’s ability to concentrate.⁣⁣ Some practical ways and activities can help in increasing your child's concentration level," says, Sidu Arroyo, Family Psychotherapist, in her Instagram post. She further suggested six ways to help your child strengthen their concentration. ⁣⁣You …

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2 years, 1 month ago

More children as young as 8 calling helplines to talk about stress

NL Times

Children and young adults who call helplines like Kindertelefoon and Alles Oké? Children and young people are especially looking for tips to deal with or stress, or avoid stressful situations. The conversations show that children and young people cannot express their concerns to people in their own environment, according to De Kindertelefoon. De Wilde said that stress in young adults …

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2 years, 1 month ago

How to lessen post-test anxiety in children

India Today

The increased competition, growth in syllabus, pressure to perform well has created a shadow of anxiety on children. Extreme hype around the exam or scoring good marks creates unnecessary pressure and associated anxiety. The teachers need to make learning a joyful activity and, therefore, the tests would be taken as a measure of assessment of one’s learning and not anything …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Easy yoga poses and meditation tips to introduce the habit to your kids

Hindustan Times

Yoga and meditation have proven to have both physical and mental health benefits in kids. Easy yoga poses and meditation tips to introduce the habit to your kids Talking to HT Lifestyle, Nishtha Bijlani, Counselling Therapist at ThinkRight.me, says " Kids have a very imaginative mind. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Sabrina Merchant, Certified Yoga Teacher and Happiness Coach …

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2 years, 2 months ago

How to lessen post-exam anxiety in children: Expert offers tips

Hindustan Times

The increased competition, growth in the syllabus, and pressure to perform well have created a shadow of anxiety on children. How to lessen post-exam anxiety in children: Expert offers tips According to a recent nationwide mental health survey, 81 per cent of school students surveyed perceive “studies, examinations, and results” to be a major source of anxiety. In a conversation …

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2 years, 2 months ago

World Mental Health Day: How parents and teachers can help traumatized children

Hindustan Times

Trauma not only affects attitude but also negatively impacts a child’s capacity for learning. World Mental Health Day: How parents and teachers can help traumatized children Teachers and other staff members may not be familiar with the needs associated with trauma despite their training in behavioural and educational strategies. Educational institutions must help children who have experienced trauma by offering …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Wellness culture gone wrong has come for kids

LA Times

Even pre-COVID-19, health experts witnessed children struggling with their mental and physical health. “There’s a greater awareness of the tremendous pressure and challenges that kids are facing younger and younger,” says Colin Sharkey, executive director of the Assn. In 2020, Mattel released its Barbie Wellness Collection to introduce “girls to the benefits of self-care through play.” By that, it meant …

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2 years, 8 months ago

It is Not Just Exam Stress for Children, It is Also the Stress of Coming Back to School

News 18

For a very long time we have pressed pause on education. We need to invest in redesigning of classrooms, keeping a low teacher-child ratio, profiling children independently for an understanding of their learning levels and challenges and setting up tech-based systems to support these concepts in real-time schooling. Parents must ensure that their children return to schools of opportunity where …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Supporting a teen or young person with anxiety starts with recognising there's a problem

ABC

Sharene Dearlove didn't realise her daughter had any issues with anxiety until "it all came crashing down" on her doorstep. Rupert Saunders, a clinical advice manager from national youth mental health foundation Headspace, says this is partly due to the "increased demands and stressors'' of COVID. "Their brain is doing a lot of development and there's a lot changing in …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Helping hands disperse children's dark clouds

China Daily

Young patients head to a ward at Beijing Anding Hospital. Zheng Yi, chief specialist in child psychiatry at Beijing Anding Hospital, a leading establishment treating mental problems, said symptoms of depression among adults include crying, a reluctance to leave home, and self-accusation. When children first develop depression and anxiety, the symptoms are easily ignored by parents, who feel that if …

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3 years ago

Concerned about your kid’s mental health? How to talk to them

LA Times

It’s important to talk to children about mental health and show positive ways to deal with stress, anxiety and heartache. “We also know that, too often, young people are bombarded with messages through the media and popular culture that erode their sense of self-worth — telling them they are not good-looking enough, popular enough, smart enough, or rich enough,” the …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Has the pandemic made your child anxious? Here’s what to do

Live Mint

Seven-year-old ML was always shy, but never sad or morose. “I Ruchita Dar Shah, founder of the global community for mothers, First Moms Club, has seen posts, often anonymous, from parents about changes in their children’s behaviour during the pandemic. According to the study How Is COVID-19 Pandemic Impacting Mental Health Of Children And Adolescents?, published in September 2020 in …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Six ways in which parents can help with back-to-school anxiety

Live Mint

As a child, I had a great deal of anxiety, states Elizabeth Englander of Bridgewater State University. "As a researcher who’s studied children’s mental health for decades, I know that predictability helps prevent anxiety in children. According to Englander, given children’s fondness for sameness and predictability, it should be no surprise that a global pandemic that halted school as kids …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Adults must keep a watch on children’s behaviour during pandemic, says expert

The Hindu

Rajesh Sagar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and Member, Central Mental Health Authority, speaks exclusively to The Hindu on the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children and how it can be addressed. All these factors can affect the mental well-being of children, depriving them of the emotionally fulfilling environment, important for …

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3 years, 6 months ago

15-year-old From Pune Moves Bombay High Court Against Board Exams

News 18

A 15-year-old boy has approached the Bombay High Court, seeking that class 10 exams should not be held. Rishan Sarode has filed an intervention application against a previous petition filed before the Bombay High Court. Court should take the opinion of child psychologists and psychiatrists to understand the impact of the constantly changing decisions on the mental health of children,” …

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3 years, 7 months ago

How to keep young ones stress-free during exam days: Tips for parents

India Today

Exams are indeed a stressful time, but nowadays, with ongoing remote learning, the projection of this stress is much higher among the parents of young kids. Additionally, these stressful Covid times, limited outdoor activities, and social interaction that play a profound role in a child's development have further made it challenging for parents to engage their young ones in a …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Children exhibiting behaviour disorders due to curfews and lockdowns

India Today

State after state is imposing curfews and partial lockdown to curb the surge in numbers, but longer quarantine period, fear of infection, helplessness, frustration, boredom, inadequate information and financial loss is creating stress for citizens. Parents and councillors need to be extremely aware of behaviour changes on children, irritation, a sudden burst of anger, going into a shell.” Mental health …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Little minds with big questions about the pandemic

Live Mint

With the second wave of covid-19 hitting hard and with strict restrictions imposed, the hope of returning to the joys of the past in 2021 seems to have been washed away. “Will we be able to ever see school again?”, “My friends are sick, will they be ok?”, “Will we never meet people again?”, are some questions that are leaving …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Pay Attention to Your Tone if You Want Your Child to Learn From Their Misbehavior: Study

News 18

Has your child behaved inappropriately with others? If your child stole his classmate’s marbles or got into a fight with his little brother, you’re probably thinking, “don’t let this pass by.” In such cases, disciplinary approaches vary from parent to parent. They analyzed data from several surveys in the United Nations Children’s Fund database to assess the impact of different …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Gen Z Is The Most Stressed Out By 2020, Study Suggests

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING If the young people in your life seem more miserable and overwhelmed than usual, take them seriously: Out of all age groups, Gen Z is the most stressed out by 2020. An annual U.S. survey on stress is raising the alarm over a teen mental health crisis that’s gotten worse because of the pandemic and social unrest. …

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4 years, 1 month ago

7 Ways To Help Kids With Anxiety : Life Kit : NPR

NPR

How to help your kids reframe their anxiety — and reclaim their superpowers Enlarge this image Kaz Fantone/NPR Kaz Fantone/NPR The new year has been tough for school-age children. They encourage children to personify their anxiety: "When you are able to take a feeling that can be abstract and hard to wrap your head around, and you create a character …

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