Category Archives: fostering

Mindful Tips for Trauma Informed Parenting

September 2, 2020adoption, amygdala, anger, anxiety, attachment parenting, behaviour kids, breath, challenges, fostering, grounding, mindfulness, parenting, resilience, traumaadoption, fostering, mindfulness, parenting, traumalorraine

Lorraine E Murray, founder of Connected Kids hosts an Interview with Suzanne Scott, founder of the charity Trauma Informed Parenting Scotland

What is trauma informed parenting?
What difference does it make to a young person if their parent is trauma informed
What difference does it make to the parent if they can be trauma informed
What are your top 3 tips for people to practice to be a trauma informed parent
Can you give us a practical (real life) example of a situation using TIP skills?
Advice on how long a traumatic birth can impact a child and where to source advice to help their kids if they have been through a traumatic birth.

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High energy children – trying to teach them meditation

April 10, 2019ADHD, anxiety, Autism, behaviour kids, challenges, child development, compassion, emotions, fostering, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, special needs, toddlers, yogahigh energy kids, meditation, mindfulnesslorraine

Expert advice about high energy children and mindful meditation

Listen to the founder of Connected Kids present a few ideas when trying to teach high energy children meditation and mindfulness.

Want to know more?

Foundation course – to teach your kids and teens mindful meditation

Professional Training – to become a verified Kids Meditation Teacher

Teach Children Meditation Books – learn more about the benefits of meditation for kids including those with SEN/Autism/Anxiety/ADHD

Free Meditation downloads for children/teens/autism – created by the international trainer, expert and founder of Connected Kids programme.

Mindful Parenting Tips

November 17, 2017Blog, breath, challenges, child development, christmas, compassion, educating, emotions, fostering, gratitude, heart-centre, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, parenting, planting the seeds, stresschristmas mindfulness, fostering, kids, meditation, mindful parenting, mindfulness, teenagerslorraine

How mindfulness helps you ‘see’ your kids and teens

I was inspired to write this after reading a blog from NY psychotherapist, Katherine Schafler, about the 4 unconscious questions a person asks themselves. The one that connected with me the most was about ‘being seen’.

As a child I grew up in a culture where ‘children should be seen and not heard’. This attitude may have been exclusive to the Victorian/Scottish parenting style at the time, but as an adult, it has left me with lots of thoughts and feelings to work through and process – sometimes with the help of a therapist or my meditation practice.

I am also a foster carer and one of the key things I’ve learned is that ‘being seen’ is essential in order to have a connection with the children we care for.

I believe that my mindfulness skills, my personal meditation practice and my ability to introduce a ‘teaching meditation’ to the kids we care for in a way that meets their needs and abilities (and interests) has helped us start to build a an emotional and mental bridge between the world and kids in our care so that they can connect to the world around them in a more kind, loving and caring way.

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