Five top tips for using play to help children re-adjust to life after lockdown
Parents can role play certain scenarios with their children, to teach them new social skills they might not have practiced for a while...
Why Covid-19 has not treated children equally
New research reveals that the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has had a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable and marginalised in society.
Bittersweet last days
There was a little social distancing gathering outside pre-school for all the kids (even the ones who didn’t get to go back) – it was a weird thing of smiling through tears.
Kids Matter in conversation with the Diocese of London (Children & Youth)
Click on the video link for to hear Kids Matter founder and director Eli Gardner in conversation with the London Diocese about running Kids Matter in lockdown...
Helping our kids form healthy habits around food, exercise and wellbeing!
What does it look like to raise a healthy family without that guilt and dread that so often is attached to all things food and exercise?
Inspiring local groups support poor and vulnerable
Over the last three months, hundreds of inspiring local groups have sprung into action, including our very own Fuzz Dix, a veteran Kids Matter facilitator doing incredible work to support families on the Isle of Dogs – as reported by The Independent .
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the impact of coronavirus on childhood trauma
One does not have to think too hard to imagine the psychological impact of pre-existing familial trauma exacerbated by a situation where fraught relationships have no room to breathe.