Raising kids is an everyday challenge, especially when it comes to how to react to emotions and our child’s personal thoughts. Now imagine that as a student or classroom teacher with around 20 children growing and changing and developing their own personal thoughts and emotions. It can be quite a challenge. Having a child that is confident in how they react to their emotions is key to their success.
Teaching your child to identify with their emotions is so very important. Feelings are normal they are part of being a person. Sad, happy, angry, excited, scared, shy, and jealous are all feelings they need to learn to express appropriately. Parents and teachers play a vital role in helping a child identify those feelings and encourage them to express them. As our children mature their inner thoughts can become something very powerful and how to help them understand them is even more powerful.
HOW TO TAME YOUR THOUGHT MONSTER
How many times a day do you use your thought monster?
You know the person that reminds you that you didn’t get the laundry put away. Or that you’re not teaching enough to your child. Perhaps the one that tells you’ve been too busy to see your friends recently. The one that told you that you are a super star getting all the kids to bed on time with no drama! All these inner thoughts challenge the way you think of yourself as a mom, friend, wife and for me even a certified educator who’s not in a classroom.
Can you imagine what goes through our children’s thoughts each day about themselves as they are developing? Then add friends and classmates into the mix who share their thoughts about our children at time kind and at times not to so kind. How do we give them the tools to deal with all of these emotions and self thoughts?
I’m so excited to have found this book by Katie McClain called How to Tame Your Thought Monster
She’s created it as a workbook for you to do with your child. The program is designed for teachers as well. Helping schools create a culture of kindness, cooperation, self-confidence and success. The program has the option of a coloring book which would work well at home or as a class set for a classroom.
- Visit Kid Think for more information about How to Tame Your Thought Monster
- Teachers Sign up for Teaching Training Class
- Download a free copy of the eBook There’s No Such Thing as a Bully
- Parents Sign up for FREE for the Kindness Class
To purchase your own copy of Katie’s book and to find out more about her free video training course Visit her website at http://kidthink.info/ Or scroll down to enter the GIVEAWAY of her How to Tame Your Thought Monster book and coloring book.
Hangout On Air with author Katie McClain
You’re invited to watch a Parenting with Purpose Hangout On Air Series below. Here’s an opportunity to listen to Kim Vijand special guest life coach and author Katie McClain as she shares her advice for helping your kids overcome worry, stress, anxiety and fear.
How to Tame Your Thought Monster
We discussed Katie’s book “How to Tame your Thought Monster” and ways that you can implement it at home as a parent as well as at school as a teacher. Grab a paper and pen so you can create your own “Thought Monster” along with us as you watch the Free Parenting Video.
Visit her website at http://kidthink.info/
Finding a Tool to Empower our Children
As an educator, I can’t express to you enough the success of students who are confident and feel supported at home by their parents. Discovering a way to connect with them in their deepest thoughts is something very special. How to Tame Your Thought Monster gives you the opportunity to do just that. Katie guides you through the process we go through within a linear process using the model.
Self Coaching Model
- Circumstances
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- Actions
- Results
Discovering a way to empower your kids by helping them overcome worry, stress, anxiety, and fear, what a powerful tool to share with your child and students.
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Disclosure: This HOA, Giveaway and Review is sponsored by Kid Think
My son has just started his foundation year and is struggling, I think this would really help us.
I would use this book with my kids and my students, too. Sounds like a great book.
I would use this book with my own kiddos.
I would like to read this book with the kids at the school!
I would read it with my oldest and I together. I think it would be a good one.
My daughter (and probably me too! lol) could definitely use this book!
A fantastic way to help my daughter and students in my classroom!
I would love to read this for my family and my students
This would be great for my son who is having a difficult time dealing with his dad's deployment
My six year old son and my four year old daughter could really benefit from this!
Love to read this with my daughter
Would be thrilled to win!
I'd love to read this with my girls!
There are a couple of kiddos that I teach that could benefit from these resources.
I would love to read this book with my daughter! She really struggles with controlling her emotions (and I do too sometimes!)
I think it would help me notice the signs of stress on my daughter and then give her ways to handle it or avoid it.
I hope to use this as a tool to give my daughter more self confidence.
This would be a great addition to my parent resources bookshelf! Thanks for the opportunity!