The Huffington Post – Michelle McQuaid
“School can make even the make even the most resilient kid feel stressed from time to time. Whether it’s navigating friendships, learning new skills, pleasing their teachers or making their parents proud, it can be a challenging environment when you’re still figuring a lot of stuff out…The good news is that not all stress is bad for kids…Professor Lea Waters at the Graduate School of Education at Melbourne University suggests that positive stress is a normal part of the developmental process that helps children to develop the essential life skills of coping with and adapting to new situations. And that as parents we can make a positive impact on our kids stress levels and play an important role in cultivating their wellbeing. So how can we help our children positively navigate the everyday stresses that are part of school life? In Australia recently I partnered with back to school specialists, Officeworks, to find 8 ways you can help your kids let their amazing out by:”(more)