Bøker av Doctor Harmony

When adults are not comfortable talking about and facing uncomfortable feelings, such as anger, it is then difficult for their children to learn how to deal with these feelings constructively. Bottled emotions increase the risk of physical and emotional health problems. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol, comfort-eating, gambling or domestic violence. It also fractures relationships and families.Vast amounts of research suggest that promoting resilience (such as constructive use of our uncomfortable feelings) reduces the risk of children later developing behavioural problems, being bullied or bullying others, having substance abuse, mental illness, suicide and school dropout. Resilience can also promote academic performance and can even improve treatment outcomes in adults with anxiety and depression.Treating emotional and social problems when they have already developed is more difficult and costly than preventing it. We need to be instilling our children with skills early in life to prevent problems from happening.The message is clear: Everyone will be confronted with life challenges and stress, no matter what age. Uncomfortable feelings are also normal. Once we accept this and can identify our feelings, we then have choices about how to deal with them constructively. This empowers children and families, reduces helplessness and brings hope. Resilience is a lifetime priceless gift we can teach our children with endless benefits.All Dr Harmonys books:-Have find the character on each illustrated page;-Rhyme (research suggests rhyming books lead to advanced readers);-Have a fun activities section for children to emphasise the messages of each book;-Have an adults' page provides tips to adults to help children to work through each feeling in real-life situations;-Are easy for children to relate to.TIP:Get your children to draw their angry dragons and give them personalised names! Their dragons can then be referred in daily life whenever they feel angry. This reminds them about the strategies discussed in the book. The more frequently the concepts are used, eventually it is easier for children to independently problem-solve life challenges.Other books in Building Resilience book series 1:Jo, My Sad Hippo (A book about Sadness)My Pet Monster (A book about Worry)The Cats Got My Tongue (A book about Shyness & Performance Anxiety)FEATURED REVIEW by KIRKUS REVIEWS:Young Al has a dragon in his pocket. When the boy gets angry, he says, Kanga, the dragon, ';breathes fire into my head and belly'a wonderful way to describe how fuzzy one's thinking can get and how uncomfortable one's stomach can feel when anger takes over... Overall, the concepts and the visualization of the dragon, are excellent and will appeal to readers who have trouble coping with emotional challenges. The illustrations are simplistic, and characters' proportions are more free-form than lifelike, but the book's seek-and-find aspect, which encourages children to locate Kanga on each page, will delight readers on the younger end of its target audience...Thought-provoking questions, fun activities, and insightful imagery mark this book as one that may be particularly useful in schools.

When adults are not comfortable talking about and facing uncomfortable feelings, such as anxiety, it is then difficult for their children to learn how to deal with these feelings constructively. Bottled emotions increase the risk of physical and emotional health problems. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol, comfort-eating, gambling or domestic violence. It also fractures relationships and families.Vast amounts of research suggest that promoting resilience (such as constructive use of our uncomfortable feelings) reduces the risk of children later developing behavioural problems, being bullied or bullying others, having substance abuse, mental illness, suicide and school dropout. Resilience can also promote academic performance and can even improve treatment outcomes in adults with anxiety and depression.Treating emotional and social problems when they have already developed is more difficult and costly than preventing it. We need to be instilling our children with skills early in life to prevent problems from happening.The message is clear: Everyone will be confronted with life challenges and stress, no matter what age. Uncomfortable feelings are also normal. Once we accept this and can identify our feelings, we then have choices about how to deal with them constructively. This empowers children and families, reduces helplessness and brings hope. Resilience is a lifetime priceless gift we can teach our children with endless benefits.All Dr Harmonys books:-Have find the character on each illustrated page;-Rhyme (research suggests rhyming books lead to advanced readers);-Have a fun activities section for children to emphasise the messages of each book;-Have an adults' page provides tips to adults to help children to work through each feeling in real-life situations;-Are easy for children to relate to.TIP:Get your children to draw their worried monsters and give them personalised names! Their monsters can then be referred in daily life whenever they feel angry. This reminds them about the strategies discussed in the book. The more frequently the concepts are used, eventually it is easier for children to independently problem-solve life challenges.REVIEW by KIRKUS REVIEWS:A girl discovers that worry can be a good thingas long as you don't let it control you...Harmony introduces a rare concept for a children's book: that Brave and Worry aren't enemies, but a team: ';Worry tries to keep me safe from harm, / But Brave will tell me when to truly listen to the alarm.'...the concepts here will be very familiar to young readers, and learning a coping mechanism to address one's fears is valuable. Worry hides on every page of this book, even after Brave shows up, and his tentacles will be a delight for young readers to find. They also work as a metaphor: the tentacles never grab Sal in a frightening way, but the idea that worries can wrap themselves tightly around a person will be clear. Activities at the end of the book encourage children to draw their own version of the Worry monster, and a page for parents offers tips on how to comfort a child overtaken by worry...This volume... will likely be useful for school counselors who want to recommend titles to youngsters struggling with anxiety.

When adults are not comfortable talking about and facing uncomfortable feelings, such as sadness, it is then difficult for their children to learn how to deal with these feelings constructively. Bottled emotions increase the risk of physical and emotional health problems. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol, comfort-eating, gambling or domestic violence. It also fractures relationships and families.Vast amounts of research suggest that promoting resilience (such as constructive use of our uncomfortable feelings) reduces the risk of children later developing behavioural problems, being bullied or bullying others, having substance abuse, mental illness, suicide and school dropout. Resilience can also promote academic performance and can even improve treatment outcomes in adults with anxiety and depression.Treating emotional and social problems when they have already developed is more difficult and costly than preventing it. We need to be instilling our children with skills early in life to prevent problems from happening.The message is clear: Everyone will be confronted with life challenges and stress, no matter what age. Uncomfortable feelings are also normal. Once we accept this and can identify our feelings, we then have choices about how to deal with them constructively. This empowers children and families, reduces helplessness and brings hope. Resilience is a lifetime priceless gift we can teach our children with endless benefits.All Dr Harmonys books:-Have find the character on each illustrated page;-Rhyme (research suggests rhyming books lead to advanced readers);-Have a fun activities section for children to emphasise the messages of each book;-Have an adults' page provides tips to adults to help children to work through each feeling in real-life situations;-Are easy for children to relate to.TIP:Get your children to draw their sad hippos and give them personalised names! Their hippos can then be referred in daily life whenever they feel sad or hopeless. This reminds them about the strategies discussed in the book. The more frequently the concepts are used, eventually it is easier for children to independently problem-solve life challenges.REVIEW by KIRKUS REVIEWS:In this installment, sadness is shown in a slightly positive light: ';it's okay to feel sad sometimes,' offers Sal. ';You can even learn from it or help others.' Activity pages encourage children to draw their own sad moment. A word search and maze are also included in the back, along with notes to parents with tips on how to help their children deal with too much sadness...may help some young children develop empathy.REVIEW by Stephen Thompson, Editor and Publisher (Essteemedia)What a great series. Gorgeous pictures, cute rhymes and wonderfully presented. What more could you ask for in a series of kids books? Well. you could ask for an important message about behaviour, and maybe a note to parents about how to reinforce that message, and maybe a game or two to play. Check. The series has all that. They are not just picture books but are also handy reference books for parents ... and even adults in general. They might be set out as books for children, but there are a few tips in there that could help many grown-ups. Highly recommended for children of all ages.

When adults are not comfortable talking about and facing uncomfortable feelings, such as self-doubt, it is then difficult for their children to learn how to deal with these feelings constructively. Bottled emotions increase the risk of physical and emotional health problems. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol, comfort-eating, gambling or domestic violence. It also fractures relationships and families.Vast amounts of research suggest that promoting resilience (such as constructive use of our uncomfortable feelings) reduces the risk of children later developing behavioural problems, being bullied or bullying others, having substance abuse, mental illness, suicide and school dropout. Resilience can also promote academic performance and can even improve treatment outcomes in adults with anxiety and depression.Treating emotional and social problems when they have already developed is more difficult and costly than preventing it. We need to be instilling our children with skills early in life to prevent problems from happening.The message is clear: Everyone will be confronted with life challenges and stress, no matter what age. Uncomfortable feelings are also normal. Once we accept this and can identify our feelings, we then have choices about how to deal with them constructively. This empowers children and families, reduces helplessness and brings hope. Resilience is a lifetime priceless gift we can teach our children with endless benefits.All Dr Harmonys books:-Have find the character on each illustrated page;-Rhyme (research suggests rhyming books lead to advanced readers);-Have a fun activities section for children to emphasise the messages of each book;-Have an adults' page provides tips to adults to help children to work through each feeling in real-life situations;-Are easy for children to relate to.TIP:Get your children to draw their cats and give them personalised names! Their cats can then be referred in daily life whenever they feel self-doubt or shy. This reminds them about the strategies discussed in the book. The more frequently the concepts are used, eventually it is easier for children to independently problem-solve life challenges.REVIEW by KIRKUS REVIEWS:Matt appears in each illustration for readers to find; sometimes he's interacting with Sal, but other times, he's lurking elsewhere. It's a good analogy for people with anxiety who, even when they are feeling good, wonder when uncertainty is going to strike... this book has moments of true understanding and empathy...the illustrations...have plenty of color and child-friendly appeal...the book's fun activities, such as a maze and a word search, should engage young independent readers.REVIEW by Stephen Thompson, Editor and Publisher (Essteemedia)What a great series. Gorgeous pictures, cute rhymes and wonderfully presented. What more could you ask for in a series of kids books? Well. you could ask for an important message about behaviour, and maybe a note to parents about how to reinforce that message, and maybe a game or two to play. Check. The series has all that. They are not just picture books but are also handy reference books for parents ... and even adults in general. They might be set out as books for children, but there are a few tips in there that could help many grown-ups. Highly recommended for children of all ages.