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The Importance of Free Play for Healing, Family Bonding, Problem-Solving and Processing

Is Your Child/Teen Getting Enough Free Play? What if I told you there was an activity that would increase your child’s cognitive, physical, social and

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Popping the Bubble Wrap & Putting “Adventure” Play Back Into Our Children’s Lives w/ Tim Gill

I recently attended a thought-provoking presentation by Tim Gill, a researcher, father and author from England, titled “Unwrapping Bubble-Wrapped Kids: The Power of Play”. Thinking

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What is Quality Time?

I recently attended a parenting session by Jim Skinner, the executive director of the Vancouver Adler Centre, where we discussed the important topic of quality

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Implementing Mindfulness with Yourself and Your Children

In last week’s article I wrote about Goldie Hawn’s MindUp program and how this is being implemented in schools to teach mindfulness and other positive

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Sharon, you really helped us when we were all trying our best but not understanding how to help ourselves or what was really happening with our son’s anxiety. I have never been so relieved and thankful for the support and help you gave to our son, and to our family. We learned so much through that and will maintain our awareness and personal growth. We will think of you often and look forward to keeping in touch through your weekly emails and blog, too.

- M.R.

A few encouraging things in the last few days that I thought I’d share. Yesterday, our son managed to enter a men’s washroom at the beach by himself, which is the first time he has done so. He was initially very reluctant, but we used the language you’ve taught him. Yay! Tonight we talked about going to school tomorrow to practice using and flushing the toilets there, armed with several of the strategies you have taught him. His enthusiasm about the fact that he could see the value of something you taught him seems so important – not only does it show his receptiveness but it shows me that he feels ‘helpable’. This is a big change from before when he stated clearly that he didn’t think anyone could help him with his fears.

- Larissa

After having children, life became frantically busy. So, in order for me to continue to be effective and offer quality time to my children I simplified my life on all levels. One of the things I did was re-evaluate every mailing list I was on. I am happy to say that SharonSelby.com is the ONLY parenting subscription I kept, as it seems to consistently offer me quality information that supports me in raising my kids. The information from Sharon is informative, interesting, useful, and from a fresh new perspective; it is also in line with my values. Having read various books on parenting, attended many workshops, and been through several difficult life situations, the same old perspective offered by many other newsletters was not inspiring to me anymore. Each week I look forward to Sharon’s next issue for some new inspiration to take home with me.

- Sharlene

Toddler to Teen® Anxiety Solutions

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