Arguments between children can be upsetting for a parent. You may worry about your relationship with your children – especially if the arguments have been going on regularly for a while. You may feel a responsibility to stop the arguing, or may be upset that the arguments are causing disharmony in your family. While some… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Children and Young People
Coping with the ‘snowball of stress’
Stress can have a distorting effect on our relationships. It can make us feel low and not wanting to talk to people. We tend to shut ourselves away and keep our emotions on the inside. It can make us argumentative and prone to lashing out – ready to lose our temper in an instant. Or,… Read more »
Managing exam results – tips for young people and parents
Now A-Level and GCSE results are out, you may be wondering how best to support your teenager facing up to their disappointment. Not everyone got the grades they dreamt of and, although outwardly younger people may not appear so upset, deep down they may well be feeling the stress of despair, guilt maybe, and anger that… Read more »
Tips for summer holiday survival
We’re preparing for a surge in enquiries from couples whose relationships reach breaking point over the summer. Last year, we received a 49% increase in calls in September compared to an average month in 2016 along with a 9% rise in web traffic to the national site. This makes it our second busiest time of… Read more »
Helping you help your children
For the past few months we have been running FREE one-day workshops for parents who are separating – aimed at helping them to help their children through this difficult time. We’re now towards the end of the programme and the final workshop will be held on Friday 23rd June in Bedford. The day covers topics… Read more »
Students give top marks to in-school counselling
Ninety-eight per cent of students at middle and upper schools across Bedfordshire have rated in-school counselling by the local Relate team as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’. Students who received ‘in-school counselling’ by Relate Bedfordshire and Luton were asked to say on a scale of one to five how they felt about: Relationships at home Relationships… Read more »
Funds run dry for free play therapy and young people’s counselling
Increased demand for our play therapy and young people counselling has exhausted funds for our free services. All funding for the Centre’s Talktime and Play Therapy services – including £112,000 awarded by Children In Need earlier this year – has been fully committed. “We will continue to offer these services but reluctantly, we must now… Read more »
Children of separated parents have a poorer quality relationship with their dads
Father’s Day is meant to be a time to celebrate our dads and thank them for all they have done for us, but what if your relationship is far from perfect? If this is the case, you may take some solace in the fact that you are not alone. A recent study of over 16s… Read more »
Funding Secured for Couple Counselling in Luton – Local Family Offer Pilot Project
Flying Start is Luton’s pregnancy to five strategy which focuses on improving outcomes for babies and children. Flying Start has secured grant funding for one year (until 31st March 2017) from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for a pilot programme known as the Local Family Offer. This work is part of the governments… Read more »
How to support a bereaved child this Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is traditionally a time for us to thank mums for all they have done for us, but what happens when they are no longer around? It is estimated that almost 5 per cent or around 1 in 20 young people in the UK will have experienced the death of one or both of… Read more »