Nurses Perspective

02/05/2026

Without a strong foundation, a child’s learning development can…

be delayed or become immature. Just like building the foundation of a house, the neural connections in a child need a strong foundation for:

🤔Regulating emotions
🤔Retaining facts and information
🤔Problem solving
🤔Executive function
🤔Impulse control

…and so much more! The first few years of a child’s life is when you give them as many opportunities as possible to build:

👶Sensory connections
👶Motor skills
👶Tactile exploration
👶Emotional grounding

All of these skills lead to better learning in the classroom when the child is ready. To learn more about what a child needs to establish a strong learning foundation, click the link here:

https://ilslearningcorner.com/2015-06-building-your-childs-brain-is-like-building-a-house-active-for-life/

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Tania Johnson | November 25th, 2025 The Power of Family Rituals in Childhood Development Families are made up of stories, rhythms, and rituals. These

11/18/2025

Childhood worries are a normal part of growing up and range from fears of the dark and monsters in young children to school-related stress, social pressures, and even abstract concepts like climate change in older children. Common worries include peer relationships, school performance, fitting in, family issues, and specific fears like dogs, heights, or thunderstorms. If worries are persistent, overly intense, or interfere with daily life, they may signal a more serious anxiety disorder and professional help may be needed.

Image The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy❤️

11/18/2025

The signs of slow processing you may have missed...https://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-09-processing-speed-slow-processing-speed-makes-simple-tasks-daunting-kids/

10/24/2025

Being authentic about who you are and how you present yourself is important when raising children and teenagers. Being genuine will help you to create the life you want for yourself and for them.

When you recognise your own true boundaries, you will show a strength and meaning that your children will adopt into their own lives as they will see it so strongly within you. Teenagers will need boundaries so they can live in a predictable environment in which they know what to expect.

Boundaries are those invisible lines that individuals draw to separate themselves from others and protect their well-being. From a psychological point of view, boundaries are important because they serve as a crucial aspect of human relationships, mental health, and personal growth. They tell others how you want to be treated and where your limits are. Boundaries can be divided into four types: physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.

As you would want your teenager to be honest and openly communicate with you to how they are feeling, you will want to do the same. This begins with being open and honest within yourself. This modeling of respecting the boundaries you have of yourself and for others will at the same time serve as a lighthouse for your teen.

This can be a tricky period of time to be both in the parent role and within a personal role if you struggled with boundaries and relationships when you were growing up yourself. Raising children is a period of time where what you lacked or the type of love that was modeled to you becomes very ‘out in the open’ and obvious, when you are parenting. This is a time to strengthen your own boundaries and relationships—for not only yourself -but your growing teens as well.

“Without this inner work, it is not possible to become a good role model and to teach your teenager to create the life they dream of.” 🌟

Reference: Sandahl, Iben Dissing. (2023) The Danish Way of Raising Teens.

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