Food Allergies – When Family and Friends Don’t Understand “I’ll just give them a bit and see what happens.” “A little bit won’t hurt.” “You just want attention.” “You’re just choosing not to eat things.” These are all comments people have been heard to say about kids with food allergies. These are particularly scary when […]
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Sensory ‘Destressors’ Following are a range of ideas for using the senses to assist with anxiety and meltdowns or help with emotional regulation. Once your child is calm, you can discuss what happened and what they were feeling. It is important that they learn to label their emotions to communicate to you if they
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Just in case you thought life didn’t bring sufficient challenges, you are gifted with a child who suffers from anxiety….and now so do you as the parent. Worrying about your anxious child is par for the course. That is my experience. Over many years of trying to help my daughter with her anxiety, I have
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Birthday parties, Christmas, Halloween, barbecues, dinner parties, weddings … all these celebrations involve food. In every culture around the globe, food is a central component of social celebrations and something to look forward to … for most people. Not so for those of us with food allergies or parenting a child with food allergies. Is
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