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Sharon C. Peters at Parents Helping Parents offers help to all families: those facing transitions as well as those sorting through everyday challenges.

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Common Sense Tips

Helping an Overwhelmed Child

A child can feel like they “always lose” when they are overwhelmed by pressures at school, tension with friends or siblings or upsets stemming from an overtired Mom or Dad. When this happens it can be helpful to play some games that the child “wins.” It can lighten their mood and make them more hopeful and confident about the challenges in their lives.

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