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Children’s Mental Health Conference aims to provide parents with knowledge, tools

Tania Johnson with the Institute of Child Psychology previews a three-day online conference the organization is hosting that aims to focus on helping parents understand how to support their children’s mental ...

The Impact of Spanking on Children: Robbyn Peters Bennett, LPC

In this episode of "Real Talk" with Ryan Jesperson, trauma therapist  Robbyn Peters Bennett (who was part of the 2021 Children's Mental Health Conference) speaks about the cascading effects of spanking in childhood across the life ...

Halifax Examiner: ICP Fall 2021 International Conference

You are here: Home / Featured / Institute of Child Psychology conference to help give parents, teachers the “tools to actually create shifts” in stress for children, families Institute of Child Psychology conference to help give the I ...

When the Worry Bugs are in Your Tummy: Helping a Child with Anxiety

When my daughter was anxious she used to tell me, “Mama, my tummy feels like it is making butter.” After ruling out sickness, I told her tummies sometimes get upset when there are worries in them. She replied with, “I don’t know what I am I a ...

The “Parental” Role in Education: What our Children Need to Launch

We are parenting in a world that, from the outside, can seem more connected than ever.  With the rise in technology, our kids are plugged in to their friends, the community and the world almost all of the time. Although it would appear that this the ...