Episode 62 - Helping Children Make and Keep Friends with Dr Eileen Kennedy-Moore
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This episode discusses how parents can help their children make and maintain friendships with insights from Dr Eileen Kennedy-Moore.
How can we help our children make and keep friends — especially when friendships feel messy, painful or confusing? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Eileen Kennedy-Moore, a clinical psychologist, author and friendship expert. Together, we explore why friendship is so foundational to children's wellbeing and why almost every child will struggle socially at some point. Eileen explains how parents can support the development of perspective-taking — the essential skill that underpins healthy, lasting friendships. We talk about what to say when children come home upset and why empathy must come before problem-solving. Eileen shares practical, memorable tools, including her "maybe game" for broadening perspective and her "soft criticism" framework for addressing unkind behaviour. This episode is full of usable language to help you support your child's friendships with confidence. You can find out more about Dr Eileen and her work here: https://eileenkennedymoore.com/ including her podcast for children called Dr Friendtastic A Long-Form Special: Living in the Age of Diagnosis with Dr Anna Hutchinson and Dr Libby Nugent Diagnosis in mental health and neurodiverity is on the rise - what's…
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