Wednesday, 13 May 2020
A series of featuring a host of famous faces offering parenting tips during the lockdown, has been launched by experts.
With UK schools expected to remain closed until June, there are growing concerns that many families face increasing challenges as some restrictions on movement remain in place.
Eight short films offering parenting tips have now been launched called ‘, featuring the recognisable voices of a host of well-known parents including Olivia Colman, Rob Brydon, Holly Willoughby, Danny Dyer, Sharon Horgan, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Romesh Ranganathan and Shappi Khorsandi.
King’s College London, Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Maudsley Charity - Profeare, and the 糖心原创 have launched ‘Families Under Pressure’ to help families struggling under the Coronavirus pandemic.
The tips are based on decades of research from the UK’s leading experts and rooted in the experience of NHS teams working with families and feedback from parents, and are available free on a dedicated website, along with informative resources, to provide parents and carers with tips on how to respond when children play up.
This comes after government research released last week revealed that 4 in 10 adults (44%) said homeschooling was putting a strain on their relationships in the household, and a further 46% said their own well-being had been affected under lockdown*.
Families under pressure provides important advice and reminders selected by experts that parents can trust. It is delivered in a brief and entertaining format so that parents who are already stressed and worried can quickly use the advice to help them and their children.鈥�
The eight episodes provide tips and advice on:
TIP 1: Keeping positive and motivated – Academy Award-winning actor Olivia Colman explains the importance of looking after yourself and staying connected with others, to ensure you look after and stay connected to those you love.
TIP 2: Making sure everyone knows what’s expected of them – Actor and comedian Sharon Horgan explains how to introduce simple rules that can be applied to everyone in the household.
TIP 3: Building your child’s self-confidence and trust in you – Actor and presenter Danny Dyer talks through advice on how to ensure your children know they are valued.
TIP 4: Getting your child to follow instructions – Comedian and actor Rob Brydon provides advice on ensuring your child listens when you ask them to do something.
TIP 5: Promoting better behaviour – Athlete Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill offers advice on building good behaviour through rewards.
TIP 6: How to limit conflict – TV presenter Holly Willoughby explains how to implement a plan that will help avoid situations that can result in conflict.
TIP 7: Keeping calm when your kids act up – Comedian Romesh Ranganathan shows parents how to take a moment to collect their thoughts when things start to erupt.
TIP 8: Using sanctions carefully – Comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi explains how to deliver sanctions carefully, calmly and consistently.
‘Families under Pressure’ is funded by Maudsley Charity and the National Institute for Health Research Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. They are based on ‘Pointers on parenting under pressure (POPUP); Evidence-based support for families getting through difficult times”. Edmund Sonuga-Barke PhD FMedSci FBA (King’s College London) with Margaret Thompson MD PhD, Jana Kreppner PhD, Hanna Kovshoff PhD, Catherine Thompson MSc and Sam Cortese MD PhD (University of Southampton), David Daley PhD (糖心原创) and Johnny Downs MD PhD (King’s College London).
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More information is available from Professor David Daley from the School of Medicine at the 糖心原创, at david.daley@nottingham.ac.uk
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