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This is really positive and glad it’s going to be included in the school curriculum. We are such a death phobic society and more needs to be done to help those grieving.

From September, grief, loss and bereavement education will be added to the UK school curriculum.

An estimated 46,000 children (0-17) experience the death of a parent every year in the UK, and by the age of 16 most young people have experienced the death of someone close to them.

This can have a significant impact on a child's emotional wellbeing and can increase their risk of developing mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety, self-harm, post-traumatic stress symptoms and behavioural difficulties.

Yet, according to a survey by Child Bereavement UK, only 10% of teachers have received bereavement training.

💫 On Thursday 2nd July, 9am-10am, Child Bereavement UK are running a webinar for educational professionals working in primary, secondary and college settings and anyone responsible for curriculum development. The aim is to highlight the importance of grief education for all pupils and to empower staff to talk about loss, death and grief. They will explore the revised statutory guidance on RHSE education including how to answer difficult questions and access resources to help embed these: https://lnkd.in/eNZBX9rU

The following links maybe also be useful for anyone supporting a bereaved child:

✨ Cruse Bereavement Support provide resources as well as information on referring young people to their services: https://lnkd.in/evCqxijN

✨ YoungMinds provide guidance on helping to support a child or young person with grief and loss, including advice about where you can find grief support services: https://lnkd.in/eRMzPGuU

✨ At https://lnkd.in/eR5iDD8Q, Marie Curie UK look at how grief may affect children and how to help them

✨ At https://lnkd.in/efM6F7wy, The Good Grief Trust have a dedicated page for young people, including blogs, videos and links to other helpful websites

✨ On The Jordan Legacy website, at https://lnkd.in/dfAin4A, you can find lots of information and links to organisations offering support for a wide range of issues relating to mental health and su***de prevention

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Many children don’t 'ignore' the toilet… they simply don’t feel the signals in time.

If your child struggles with accidents, leaves it until the last minute, or found the transition from nappies harder than expected, this might be about interoception — not behaviour.

When we understand what’s happening inside the body, we can respond with support instead of frustration.

This post will help you see what your child might be experiencing, and give you practical strategies that actually make a difference.

This might be one of the most important things we are not talking about enough as a society.

We pour billions into the criminal justice system, into addiction treatment, into mental health crisis intervention… and yet we still don’t prioritize teaching children how to understand and regulate their emotions. We treat the consequences but not the root.

Here’s what the research tells us:
❤️ Children who develop emotional regulation skills are less likely to turn to substances to cope with pain they don’t know how to process.
❤️ They are less likely to respond to conflict with aggression.
❤️ They are more likely to build healthy relationships, make thoughtful decisions under pressure, and navigate the inevitable hard moments of life without falling apart or hurting others.

Because when a child learns to sit with discomfort, to name what they’re feeling, to calm their nervous system instead of acting from it, they are building the most important life skill there is.

✨ Emotional regulation isn’t a soft skill; it’s a survival skill.

And it starts at home, in the small everyday moments. When you help your child name their feelings instead of dismissing them, when you stay calm during their storm instead of escalating and when you model what it looks like to take a breath, feel something hard, and choose your response instead of just reacting.

✨ You are not just raising a child; you are shaping the kind of human they will be in every room they walk into for the rest of their life. ✨

And that is not a small thing; that is everything! 💜

What a glorious week of sunshine 🌞 it has been! Long may it continue as we head into June this week.

I can’t sometimes believe how quick seasons pass by. When we are in one season we soon forget about the one before. Not just weather seasons, but also life!

So here’s a little update 💜

Why I Shifted From Parent Coaching to Somatic Experiencing I had spent four years working as a parent coach before I even came across Somatic Experiencing. Prior to that, I was a stay-at-home mum to two young daughters with a dream to spread the message of conscious parenting, and I did just that in a relatively short period of time.One of my career highs w...