Welcome to the Newsletter! Cool to see you! You look great! New moisturizer? Sorry sorry, before we talk TikTok skincare, let’s go Kid Mode. This week, we’ve got news on vax rates among NYC children, Disability Pride, a new, interactive art exhibit for kids in Manhattan, and how to be sweeter to your little one when you don’t want to. Oh and save room for Child In Mind’s new series, Feeling Of The Week! Anyway, did you say that was an oil or a serum? |
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How do you treat your child when they make a scene, destroy something important, act defiant? Those are like, really annoying things. You probably get annoyed. But let us explain why and how you should consider your child's emotional development in these moments. | | |
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It’s Disability Pride Month! The New York Road Runners are offering wheelchair-bound children the opportunity to participate in their free year-round program. Four kids have qualified for the Move United Junior Nationals, a national wheelchair racing competition. They’re all going to Colorado next week to compete for the first time. |
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Amid the officially dubbed 6th wave of COVID-19 and two weeks after vaccines were approved for children under 5, vaccination rates for that group are very low. Health officials report only about 11,000 of the newly eligible half-million kids in NYC have received their first dose. Officials have renewed an indoor mask advisory in light of the updated COVID data |
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The Children’s Museum of Manhattan has a new exhibit that gives kids the space to physically engage with art a la pre-Covid times. The installation, a colorful, two-story structure, invites children to interact and connect with the space. The exhibit includes a traditional Puerto Rican Wishing Tree and a graffiti wall. |
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Feeling Of The Week: Confused Meet a particularly difficult feeling for children to articulate - confusion. Imagine being confused about what being confused is… sounds bad! Life gets so much easier when children know what they’re feeling and are able to express it. But if they can’t do that yet, how do you know? What it looks like: Behaviors like trouble with attention, agitation or restlessness, or being upset and not responding to usual soothing. What to do: Sit with the child one-on-one. Talk with them about how they are feeling. If they aren’t able to answer, state an observation. Collaborate on a possible solution. “It looks like you are having trouble with this activity. How are you feeling? I see that you are getting frustrated. What can we do to help your body?” Simplify an activity, take it one step at a time: “Can I help you with the activity? What should we do first?” Practice deep breathing: “I see that you are getting upset. Can we take a deep breath? Let’s smell the flower and blow out the candles.”
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