When Keeping Them Safe Gets in the Way
August 24, 2026
When your child is anxious, everything in you wants to make it stop.Pull them out of the situation. Take away the thing that's scaring them. Tell them it's going to be fine. It comes from love. But it can quietly communicate something you never intended: I don't think you ca...
What You Think About Yourself Changes Everything
August 24, 2026
Every one of us has a story about who we are.Some of it is great. The stuff we're good at, the people we love, the experiences that made us who we are. And tucked in alongside all of that, most of us are also carrying a few beliefs about ourselves that aren't particularly ki...
The Voice In Their Head
June 14, 2026
You know that voice in your head that pipes up right before something hard? The one that says "you're going to stuff this up" or "everyone's going to laugh"?Your child has one too. And it's running pretty much constantly.That voice shapes everything. How they feel in their b...
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Growing Minds Hub Ltd is a New Zealand limited liability company providing individualised educational psychology support, parenting support, learning and neurodiversity support, and parent and teacher workshops.
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