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  • Study into the benefits of Relax Kids

    A Study into the Effects a Short but Regular Relaxation Program Given to Primary School Children can have on Classroom Behavior Sarah Stollery University of Cambridge 2007 Background There is a growing concern in our society about the amount of reports of bad and violent behavior within...

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  • Keep the Doctor Away!

    A Dose of ‘Relax Kids’ A Day Can Keep The Doctor Away For many of us, the onset of winter signals the time for us to stock up on a multitude of ‘behind the counter’ medicines and tissues. The long winter months result in most of...

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  • Why does your mind wander?

    Does your mind wander? With the onset of this age of information and technology, it seems our concentration levels are dwindling! A recent study at Harvard University has shown that most people spend 46.9% of their waking hours in a state of distraction. The study found that...

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  • Stress Free Family

    Children and stress seems to be the topic on everyone’s lips at the moment. The Government is concerned about the rise in childhood anxiety and stress and it is important to teach stress management to our kids. As adults, we are more able to adapt...

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  • Beat Nightmares with Relax Kids!

    Children can experience nightmares on average once a week. The distress that they cause can lead to restless nights because of awkward body contractions in their sleep, fevers or stresses from daily life. Relaxation can really help child stress and in turn, can help children sleep...

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  • Increase in Child Anxiety

    Increase in Child Anxiety

    Recent research carried out by the Cambridge-based Primary Review says many school children are suffering from ‘deep anxiety’ and are just as overwhelmed as their parents by the messages, instructions and choice thrown at them each day. A child’s fragile and still-developing brain is less suited...

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  • Are children getting more angry?

    Are children getting more angry?

    According to a recent article in the Telegraph, more than 40,000 children aged between 4 and 7 were excluded from their primary schools last year – and not all of them from deprived backgrounds. Recent research by Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, highlighted the extent to...

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  • Helping children manage pain

    Helping children manage pain

    There was recently an article on the BBC news that relaxation can help children manage their pain.  Exercises such floating on a cloud can dramatically decrease abdominal pain, which is great news for children suffering from IBS.  In a study 73% of children who listened...

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