Yellow Kite Child Psychology

02/13/2020

01/31/2017

Yellow Kite Clinical Director Soraya Lakhani on Global Calgary explains how family-based resolutions can improve the parent-child dynamic.

12/31/2016

"Netflix has a trick for parents who want their children to ring in 2017 without staying up until midnight. For a third year, Netflix, the video streaming company, is hosting “Netflix New Year’s Eve Countdowns,” 10 short videos featuring popular actors and cartoon characters who, at the click of a button, will count down the minutes to the new year, regardless of what time it truly is. (Of course, the countdowns work only if the little revelers cannot tell time.)"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/technology/new-years-eve-netflix-countdowns-children.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Netflix is offering 10 short videos with popular cartoon and real-life characters who, on demand, ring in the new year — regardless of what time it truly is.

11/15/2016

Our new media page now features all of our videos, articles and interviews. Take a look!

http://www.yellowkite.ca/in-the-media

Calgary Child Psychology Practice located in Calgary's Mission area, offering individualized counselling and psychoeducational assessment.

10/27/2016

We are excited to share our new media page, highlighting all of Yellow Kite's thought leadership. Check it out!

http://www.yellowkite.ca/in-the-media/

10/13/2016

Yellow Kite's Clinic Director Soraya on Global News giving tips for kids and parents on adjusting to high school.

10/03/2016

Teaching Teenagers to Cope With Social Stress

High school students reported more confidence after completing an exercise intended to instill a basic message to help manage tension: People can change.

09/25/2016

For Kids, Learning Is Moving - Issue 40: Learning - Nautilus

When Jon was born prematurely at 26 weeks, he weighed around two pounds and had trouble breathing on his own. For two months he lived…

09/19/2016

Our Clinical Director Soraya gives you 4 simple tips (that work!) for talking to your kids about their school day.

08/08/2016

08/05/2016

A new longform piece in The Wall Street Journal argues that caring for children shouldn’t be like carpentry, with a finished product in mind. We should grow our children, like gardeners.

Caring for children shouldn’t be like carpentry, with a finished product in mind. We should grow our children, like gardeners.

08/03/2016

"Young children were learning thousands of years before we had ever even thought of schools. Children in foraging cultures learned by watching what the people around them did every day, and by playing with the tools they used. New studies show that even the youngest children’s brains are designed to learn from this simple observation and play in a remarkably sensitive way."

Our kids don’t need to be taught in order to learn.

08/02/2016

Just in time for summer vacation, Clinic Director Soraya Lakhani sat down with Global Calgary to discuss how technology impacts child development and strategies for parents to curb its usage.

04/18/2016

Since its release seven years ago, Minecraft has become a global sensation, captivating a generation of children.

How a clunky Swedish computer game is teaching millions of children to master the digital world.

04/04/2016

Clinic Director Soraya Lakhani was on Global Calgary this morning talking about strategies for parents to talk to their kids about online sexual content. Take a look!

http://globalnews.ca/video/2616717/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-online-sexual-content

Watch How to talk to your kids about online sexual content Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

03/11/2016

How Asking 5 Questions Allowed Me to Eat Dinner With My Kids

Why can’t we have dinner together? A productivity method borrowed from Toyota delivers returns on the domestic front.

03/11/2016

Our clinic director Soraya Lakhani was on Global Calgary this past weekend talking about child well-being and mental health

http://globalnews.ca/video/2570130/calgarys-child-the-economic-downturn-and-kids/

Watch Calgary’s Child: The economic downturn and kids Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

02/27/2016

The Decline of Play and Rise in Children's Mental Disorders

There's a reason kids are more anxious and depressed than ever.

02/10/2016

If kindergarten is the new first grade, then preschool is the new kindergarten.

That's "a real threat to our society's future," says Erika Christakis.

Author Erika Christakis mounts a spirited defense of a four-letter word that, she says, isn't used nearly enough in early classrooms: play.

02/08/2016

Help kids develop coping strategies to manage frustration.

02/01/2016

Preschool Without Walls

SEATTLE — Three-year-old Desi Sorrelgreen’s favorite thing about his preschool is “running up hills.” His classmate Stelyn Carter, 5, likes to “be quiet and listen to birds — crows, owls and...

02/01/2016

Clinic Director Soraya Lakhani was on CBC Calgary talking about strategies for parents in tough economic times.

Read the piece below, LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/programs/homestretch/how-to-keep-the-weight-of-the-economic-downturn-off-your-kids-shoulders-1.3423023

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/oil-downturn-kids-mental-health-1.3422763

History shows that children's mental and emotional health suffers during economic recession, says Soraya Lakhani.

02/01/2016

A worthwhile read: what are the limits of success? How hard should we be pushing our kids? http://buff.ly/1SlO0Gg

STUART SLAVIN, a pediatrician and professor at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, knows something about the impact of stress. After uncovering alarming rates of anxiety and depression among...

01/27/2016

Our Clinic Director Soraya Lakhani talking to Calgary Buzz about the economic downturn and the impact on children.

"While the effects of the province’s economic downturn have impacted many people in one way or another, one child psychologist says kids are the ones who are losing out in the end.

Director of Yellow Kite Child Psychology Soraya Lakhani told Calgary Buzz when children have a connection with an adult caregiver, it’s a tremendous protective factor, and they can pick up on small cues that their parents might be feeling stressed.

“Kids are very responsive to their parents’ emotional well-being, and so part of how things are playing out now, we’re seeing that parental stress is starting to rise as parents are more anxious about job security, job loss, and family finances,” she said"

http://calgarybuzz.com/2016/01/alberta-economic-downturn-affects-children/

While the effects of the economic downturn have affected many people in one way or another, one expert says kids are the ones who are losing out in the end.

01/25/2016

Our Clinical Director, Soraya Lakhani on the recent economic downturn on Global News Calgary

Experts recommend having open, honest and age-appropriate conversations with kids, and for parents to take quality time for themselves and their children.

“What they need more than anything during that time is that their parents continue to be there for them and that they still have that loving caring relationship with their adult care-givers,” said Lakhani.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2464747/economic-downturn-taking-a-toll-on-calgary-kids/

Keeping up with kids can be an adventure - no matter what the situation at home. But increased stress - about diminished investments, job insecurity or job loss - can take a toll on all members of the family.

12/05/2015

Mental health a priority for Calgary public schools: http://m.metronews.ca/ #/article/news/calgary/2015/12/03/mental-health-a-priority-for-calgary-public-schools.html

10/13/2015

Join us for our upcoming Toolbelt Seminar on Parenting and Technology! The session will be held on the evening of November 12th. Registration is now open and spaces are limited!

09/28/2015

Our fall Toolbelt Seminar is coming up! Join us on November 12th for a discussion on parenting in the digital age. Registration is now open and spaces are limited!