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Kate Silverton Instagram - Catherine, Princess of Wales has taken the brave step to share what is an incredibly personal message with the world.  I share the great shock many of us I imagine felt as she revealed the news that she is undergoing chemotherapy following the major abdominal surgery she underwent in January. 

I  am using this picture of her, taken by  @chrisjacksongetty as it captures the essence of a woman I hugely admire and have had the privilege to work alongside.  She is strong, compassionate, intelligent and as beautiful inside as she is in person. 

To know first-hand how gracious, and how kind she is - and how she puts everyone else first, not least her children - leads to great sorrow that she has had to endure the level of intrusion into her well-being and health while trying to remain strong for herself and her family. 

I am sure I join everyone tonight in wishing her and her family our love and wishes that she may now be left to a peaceful and private recovery. 

@princeandprincessofwales @earlychildhood 
#princess #princessofwales #kate
Kate Silverton Instagram - Congratulations to the hard working parents and organisations committed to raising awareness around the impact on our children ( and their still developing brains )  of smartphone use … I researched this topic for my book and reference the works of @usforthemuk and am keen to support, including more recently  @smartphonefreechildhood 

Once we know … we cannot ‘unknow’ … 

repost @usforthemuk When we launched our safescreens.org campaign in December 2022 many told us we’d struggle for support and that it would be impossible to get smartphones out of the hands of children.  Not so now.  We’re delighted to see reports such as this which confirm that a majority of parents would now welcome help in protecting children from rapacious Big Tech.

It’s time to restrict the supply of smartphones to U16s.

Join us at www.safescreens.org 
@telegraph 

#safescreens #healthytech #smartphones #safescreensforteens
Kate Silverton Instagram - Amen… 

Leave me a 🙏🏼♥️ if this resonates 

#grace #forgiveness #mentalhealth #relationships 
#relationshipgoals #life
Kate Silverton Instagram - … and here’s another 

@themumclub THIS … and YES .. I will post thoughts in a reel on this - such an important post for women and mothers everywhere … 

We CAN do it all … just not at the same time 

#internationalwomensday
Kate Silverton Instagram - I don’t usually comment on news stories; trying to keep this a safe and positive space, but tonight I feel compelled to urge all News Outlets to remember the children involved in the Huw Edwards story. 

Childhood sexual abuse is horrific. When an adult violates a child it instils terror, confusion, grave shock, pain and often creates a devastating legacy. 

For images to be taken and then shared, the shame, and horror, may last a lifetime. 

I hope the children in the reported footage / images, may be identified, and receive the appropriate support, even though, as I type, I realise the many challenges there may be, in so many respects. 

For anyone who is affected by this story please do reach out to someone you feel you can trust, or to an experienced professional - or the many charities that support children - and adults - who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. 

@nspcc_official @napac.uk @the.greenhousebristol @oneinfourirish @thesurvivorstrustuk 

 @thesun @dailymail @bbcnews @guardian @telegraph @itvnews @channel4news @channel5_tv 

#sexualabuse #trauma #traumarecovery
Kate Silverton Instagram - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Kate Silverton Instagram - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Kate Silverton Instagram - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Kate Silverton Instagram - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Kate Silverton Instagram - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Kate Silverton Instagram - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Kate Silverton Instagram - @tinybuddhaofficial “So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time... None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes.” ~Rebecca Eanes @rebeccaeanes 

I totally agree Rebecca, when we understand neurobiology and apply the science of child development we realise with profound clarity that our children are navigating life with a brain much less developed than our own … so how CAN we judge them by our own adult standards ?! 

#tinybuddha #quotes #dailyquotes #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #wisdom #wordsofwisdom #wisdomquotes #dailywisdom #parenting #parentingquotes #positiveparenting #gentleparentingtips
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Kate Silverton Instagram - THIS on #internationalwomensday 

Thank you @laurahallain for posting thjs today …

Every time we set a boundary - saying no if it means YES to ourselves, we do something very important. 

When we change, things change
Kate Silverton Instagram - Difficult to do sometimes I know - but this post sums up what we must hold in mind and remember to be true … we can only do our own work … and hope that in holding with grace … we help others to do the same …
Kate Silverton Instagram - My husband just came home from school and showed me this …It’s not sequins and sparkles that makes us inspirational women to our children … it’s in being the best we can be and (trying) to be as funny as we can ..

I could not have wished for a better gift on #internationalwomensday ♥️
Kate Silverton Instagram - YES YES YES YES !!!!!!

#repost @naomicfisher 

One of the first things we learn at school is that learning means being still. 

At primary school it’s about sitting on your bottom and not fiddling with your pencil. Walking not running, and putting your hand up before you speak.  Staying in your chair, even when you’re desperate to crawl under the table or lie on the floor. 

At secondary school it carries on. Some schools insist that young people track the teacher with their eyes, and won’t allow them to reach into their bag for a water bottle without asking.  Every move is choreographed and on command. They say this maximises learning. 

We tell children that to learn they need to listen, and to listen they need to keep still. That’s particularly hard for children, and so a lot of their energy is spent trying to conform with that. For some, it’s much harder, and they get in trouble for bouncing and jumping. The movement bursts out of them, and we tell them they can’t learn like that. 

It’s not true. If you watch children learning out of school, they move and twirl and jump. They lie on the floor whilst listening to stories and hang off the monkey bars whilst they think. They ask unexpected questions at inconvenient times. They make new connections whilst sitting on the toilet, bouncing on the trampoline or when watching TV. They run around and then come back to story. They express their feelings through their body. 

Schools need to control children’s bodies to manage large numbers, but that doesn’t mean that stillness is the best way to learn. As adults, many of us must work hard to reconnect to our bodies. We’ve learnt to ignore our urge to move and we can’t understand why we feel so terrible after hours at a desk. 

The things we learn at school run deep. But learning is about connection, not disconnection, and we can’t leave our bodies out of that. 

Let’s reclaim our right to be active. 

We need to move to learn, and that goes both for our children and ourselves.
Kate Silverton Instagram - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
Kate Silverton Instagram - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
Kate Silverton Instagram - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
Kate Silverton Instagram - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
Kate Silverton Instagram - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
Kate Silverton Instagram - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.
Kate Silverton Instagram - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.
Kate Silverton Instagram - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.
Kate Silverton Instagram - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.
Kate Silverton Instagram - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.
Kate Silverton Instagram - On the issue of #screentimealternatives - thank you @thejuggleuk for publishing an extract of my book ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ following their post below .. 

‘As adults, we’re slowly waking up to the negative impact screens have on our lives. So why is the amount of time our children are spending on screens increasing?
 
In her new book, There’s Still No Such Thing As Naughty: Parenting In The Primary Years, @katesilverton explores exactly what screentime is doing to our children’s brains and behaviour. 

Tap the link in my bio to read an exclusive extract’.
Kate Silverton Instagram - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
Kate Silverton Instagram - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
Kate Silverton Instagram - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
Kate Silverton Instagram - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
Kate Silverton Instagram - Beautiful tribute to my darling dad Terence George - Terry … in this months @womanandhome magazine. He is no longer by my side but always in my heart and in spirit.. thank you @womanandhome for such a beautiful feature on how his inspiration and legacy lives on ♥️

Thank you @simphotographyuk for capturing such a beautiful memory for life 

#father #fatherhood #parenting #family #love #daughterlove❤️
Kate Silverton Instagram - Healing my childhood wounds as an adult has taken far longer than it would have with the right support as a child. 🩹🩹

Never be afraid to ask for help—whether for your child or yourself. A conversation with a trusted and emotionally available friend, GP, or teacher can make all the difference. Children heal quickly with the right support, and we all need help sometimes. I know I have.

See it as a gift—for you, and for them. 🎁🤍

#HealingStartsNow #supportthenextgeneration #katesilverton #preventmentalhealthissues #preventbrokenchildren #support #rightsupport #parentingadvice #parentingbook
Kate Silverton Instagram - My commentary in the @telegraph today 

On behalf of the children

Thank you all for your kind support and words on here, they have meant a great deal, and I am so glad to know that it is bringing some comfort and release, for those of you who have experienced the same 🙏🏼

More to come on this issue as I hope we can raise awareness and effect positive change for all - and look at how we can embed trauma informed care at every level of our society - whether in the media and reporting cases, the legal system, schools, healthcare and beyond. 

I am always keen to hear from you about ways we may effect change and what this means for you a please do leave any thoughts in the comments or DM 

Then it’s back to parenting and responding to all your other messages asking for support and thoughts as we continue to navigate the summer holidays ! X 

#abuse #trauma #traumahealing #traumainformed 

@nspcc_official l @beaconhouseteam @mindcharity @the.greenhousebristol @one_in_four_uk
Kate Silverton Instagram - En route to @thismorning my book ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty ‘ in hand … I’ll share some of the research I did for the book that reveals the true impact of too much screen time on our children’s still developing brains. 

I’ll be talking about #smartphone & #screentimealternatives as we hear from the Headteacher Rachel Harper at St Patrick’s National School, Greystones who has led the charge for a community ‘smartphone voluntary code’ having seen increasing levels of anxiety in her primary pupils with their use. 

Would you like to see a similar code adopted at your child’s primary school? Indeed across your entire community ? Leave a 👍🏼 or 👎🏻 in the comments .. 

Hope you can join us @thismorning with @alisonhammond55 and @dermotoleary soon
Kate Silverton Instagram - Merry Christmas to all my dear followers and friends!

I hope this Christmas brings everything you’ve wished for—the magic of time with your children and those precious moments of self-care, too.

I am so incredibly grateful for all your support and love this past year. Knowing that my work is helping parents and their families means the world to me, and I’m excited to do even more in 2025 to support you.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season. Merry Christmas from my family to yours.

With love,
Kate xxx

#merrychristmas #katesilverton
Kate Silverton Instagram - “Our emotions serve as essential guides in life.” - Kate Silverton. 

For children to engage fully with the world—rather than withdraw or feel they must do battle with it—they must trust that all their emotions are accepted and valid. Core emotions like anger, sadness, surprise, and joy are fundamental to the human experience. They enable us to experience life’s inevitable highs and lows without being overwhelmed. 

Teaching emotional regulation takes time and patience, but it’s one of the most valuable tools we can offer our children. In fostering emotional literacy, we give them a gift for life. 

Visit our website to read Kate’s guest essay in full! You can find a link in bios.
Kate Silverton - 12.9K Likes - Catherine, Princess of Wales has taken the brave step to share what is an incredibly personal message with the world.  I share the great shock many of us I imagine felt as she revealed the news that she is undergoing chemotherapy following the major abdominal surgery she underwent in January. 

I  am using this picture of her, taken by  @chrisjacksongetty as it captures the essence of a woman I hugely admire and have had the privilege to work alongside.  She is strong, compassionate, intelligent and as beautiful inside as she is in person. 

To know first-hand how gracious, and how kind she is - and how she puts everyone else first, not least her children - leads to great sorrow that she has had to endure the level of intrusion into her well-being and health while trying to remain strong for herself and her family. 

I am sure I join everyone tonight in wishing her and her family our love and wishes that she may now be left to a peaceful and private recovery. 

@princeandprincessofwales @earlychildhood 
#princess #princessofwales #kate

12.9K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Catherine, Princess of Wales has taken the brave step to share what is an incredibly personal message with the world. I share the great shock many of us I imagine felt as she revealed the news that she is undergoing chemotherapy following the major abdominal surgery she underwent in January. I am using this picture of her, taken by @chrisjacksongetty as it captures the essence of a woman I hugely admire and have had the privilege to work alongside. She is strong, compassionate, intelligent and as beautiful inside as she is in person. To know first-hand how gracious, and how kind she is – and how she puts everyone else first, not least her children – leads to great sorrow that she has had to endure the level of intrusion into her well-being and health while trying to remain strong for herself and her family. I am sure I join everyone tonight in wishing her and her family our love and wishes that she may now be left to a peaceful and private recovery. @princeandprincessofwales @earlychildhood #princess #princessofwales #kate
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Kate Silverton - 6.4K Likes - Congratulations to the hard working parents and organisations committed to raising awareness around the impact on our children ( and their still developing brains )  of smartphone use … I researched this topic for my book and reference the works of @usforthemuk and am keen to support, including more recently  @smartphonefreechildhood 

Once we know … we cannot ‘unknow’ … 

repost @usforthemuk When we launched our safescreens.org campaign in December 2022 many told us we’d struggle for support and that it would be impossible to get smartphones out of the hands of children.  Not so now.  We’re delighted to see reports such as this which confirm that a majority of parents would now welcome help in protecting children from rapacious Big Tech.

It’s time to restrict the supply of smartphones to U16s.

Join us at www.safescreens.org 
@telegraph 

#safescreens #healthytech #smartphones #safescreensforteens

6.4K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Congratulations to the hard working parents and organisations committed to raising awareness around the impact on our children ( and their still developing brains ) of smartphone use … I researched this topic for my book and reference the works of @usforthemuk and am keen to support, including more recently @smartphonefreechildhood Once we know … we cannot ‘unknow’ … repost @usforthemuk When we launched our safescreens.org campaign in December 2022 many told us we’d struggle for support and that it would be impossible to get smartphones out of the hands of children. Not so now. We’re delighted to see reports such as this which confirm that a majority of parents would now welcome help in protecting children from rapacious Big Tech. It’s time to restrict the supply of smartphones to U16s. Join us at www.safescreens.org @telegraph #safescreens #healthytech #smartphones #safescreensforteens
Likes : 6376
Kate Silverton - 5.6K Likes - Amen… 

Leave me a 🙏🏼♥️ if this resonates 

#grace #forgiveness #mentalhealth #relationships 
#relationshipgoals #life

5.6K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Amen… Leave me a 🙏🏼♥️ if this resonates #grace #forgiveness #mentalhealth #relationships #relationshipgoals #life
Likes : 5609
Kate Silverton - 4.7K Likes - … and here’s another 

@themumclub THIS … and YES .. I will post thoughts in a reel on this - such an important post for women and mothers everywhere … 

We CAN do it all … just not at the same time 

#internationalwomensday

4.7K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : … and here’s another @themumclub THIS … and YES .. I will post thoughts in a reel on this – such an important post for women and mothers everywhere … We CAN do it all … just not at the same time #internationalwomensday
Likes : 4651
Kate Silverton - 4K Likes - I don’t usually comment on news stories; trying to keep this a safe and positive space, but tonight I feel compelled to urge all News Outlets to remember the children involved in the Huw Edwards story. 

Childhood sexual abuse is horrific. When an adult violates a child it instils terror, confusion, grave shock, pain and often creates a devastating legacy. 

For images to be taken and then shared, the shame, and horror, may last a lifetime. 

I hope the children in the reported footage / images, may be identified, and receive the appropriate support, even though, as I type, I realise the many challenges there may be, in so many respects. 

For anyone who is affected by this story please do reach out to someone you feel you can trust, or to an experienced professional - or the many charities that support children - and adults - who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. 

@nspcc_official @napac.uk @the.greenhousebristol @oneinfourirish @thesurvivorstrustuk 

 @thesun @dailymail @bbcnews @guardian @telegraph @itvnews @channel4news @channel5_tv 

#sexualabuse #trauma #traumarecovery

4K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : I don’t usually comment on news stories; trying to keep this a safe and positive space, but tonight I feel compelled to urge all News Outlets to remember the children involved in the Huw Edwards story. Childhood sexual abuse is horrific. When an adult violates a child it instils terror, confusion, grave shock, pain and often creates a devastating legacy. For images to be taken and then shared, the shame, and horror, may last a lifetime. I hope the children in the reported footage / images, may be identified, and receive the appropriate support, even though, as I type, I realise the many challenges there may be, in so many respects. For anyone who is affected by this story please do reach out to someone you feel you can trust, or to an experienced professional – or the many charities that support children – and adults – who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. @nspcc_official @napac.uk @the.greenhousebristol @oneinfourirish @thesurvivorstrustuk @thesun @dailymail @bbcnews @guardian @telegraph @itvnews @channel4news @channel5_tv #sexualabuse #trauma #traumarecovery
Likes : 3987
Kate Silverton - 3.8K Likes - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits

3.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … #repost safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children. Pressure is growing on our government to take action. We need action, and we need it now. If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today: 1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference. 2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue. We implore you to take action. #safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Likes : 3834
Kate Silverton - 3.8K Likes - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits

3.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … #repost safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children. Pressure is growing on our government to take action. We need action, and we need it now. If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today: 1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference. 2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue. We implore you to take action. #safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
Likes : 3834
Kate Silverton - 3.8K Likes - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits

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Caption : If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … #repost safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children. Pressure is growing on our government to take action. We need action, and we need it now. If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today: 1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference. 2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue. We implore you to take action. #safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
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Kate Silverton - 3.8K Likes - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits

3.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … #repost safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children. Pressure is growing on our government to take action. We need action, and we need it now. If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today: 1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference. 2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue. We implore you to take action. #safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
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Kate Silverton - 3.8K Likes - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits

3.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … #repost safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children. Pressure is growing on our government to take action. We need action, and we need it now. If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today: 1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference. 2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue. We implore you to take action. #safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
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Kate Silverton - 3.8K Likes - If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … 

#repost

safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. 

Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children.

Pressure is growing on our government to take action.
We need action, and we need it now.

If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today:

1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference.

2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue.

We implore you to take action.

#safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits

3.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : If you are in support you can see the ways in which you can help to effect change in the caption below … #repost safescreenscampaign The time is now to protect our children. The evidence of harms from smartphone addiction is overwhelming, and as a society, we cannot stand by and let this continue. Pressure is increasing to take action as we can see from Miriam Cate’s brilliant speech debate in Parliament to discuss the impact of smartphones and social media on children. Pressure is growing on our government to take action. We need action, and we need it now. If you’re ready to support this vital call for change, there are two urgent actions you can take today: 1️⃣ Use our template (see link in bio) to send a single email to all of the main political party leaders and your MP. Your voice matters, and your advocacy can make a difference. 2️⃣ Support this call by adding your name to our campaign to help us to evidence the strength of public feeling around this issue. We implore you to take action. #safescreens #safescreensforteens #regulatesmartphones #screentime #screentimeforkids #screentimelimits
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Kate Silverton - 3.6K Likes - @tinybuddhaofficial “So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time... None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes.” ~Rebecca Eanes @rebeccaeanes 

I totally agree Rebecca, when we understand neurobiology and apply the science of child development we realise with profound clarity that our children are navigating life with a brain much less developed than our own … so how CAN we judge them by our own adult standards ?! 

#tinybuddha #quotes #dailyquotes #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #wisdom #wordsofwisdom #wisdomquotes #dailywisdom #parenting #parentingquotes #positiveparenting #gentleparentingtips

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Caption : @tinybuddhaofficial “So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time… None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes.” ~Rebecca Eanes @rebeccaeanes I totally agree Rebecca, when we understand neurobiology and apply the science of child development we realise with profound clarity that our children are navigating life with a brain much less developed than our own … so how CAN we judge them by our own adult standards ?! #tinybuddha #quotes #dailyquotes #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #wisdom #wordsofwisdom #wisdomquotes #dailywisdom #parenting #parentingquotes #positiveparenting #gentleparentingtips
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Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
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Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
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Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
Likes : 2486
Kate Silverton - 2.5K Likes - The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. 

I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. 

Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. 

Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that.  As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. 

It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress.  Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to.  It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. 

The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. 

I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. 

I would love to hear your comments and thoughts - especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️

#crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout

2.5K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : The ‘debate’ over the practice of ‘controlled crying’ or the ‘cry it out’ method is once again in the news. I understand that ‘structured timetables’ of feeding / sleeping are proffered with the best intentions, to help exhausted parents and their babies achieve much needed sleep and get into a ‘routine’ (and I understand this having been a time-poor, frazzled parent myself), but it can be helpful to reflect that, in our time pressured lives, we are often trying to fit our babies and children into OUR schedules, forcing them to adapt to our needs rather than necessarily serving theirs. Crying is an infant’s only form of communication and we now know from the latest developments in neurobiology that the infant brain can experience significant stress if a child is left to cry for prolonged periods, without being soothed, and without their needs being met. Babies cannot ‘self-regulate’, they need us for that. As a child therapist, and as someone who has done extensive research in this field, it troubles me that the science we now have, that supports healthy brain development ( and future mental health ) is not being discussed in this debate. It’s critical that we include the science, because it reveals that in the first crucial years of life, a child’s brain is hugely vulnerable to stress. Babies experience significant stress when their needs are not attended to. It’s important for us to know that it is in responding to our children when they cry that builds all important connections in their brain, strengthening the bond we share and the ‘secure attachment’ we want our children to go on to enjoy. The science supports what our ancestors instinctively knew. I share some of the thoughts and research from my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’, in this post, in the hope it may support parents to trust their natural intuition and instincts, to hold their babies close and trust in the higher human wisdom that we share. I would love to hear your comments and thoughts – especially having read the pages I share from my book. Sending all love and strength ♥️ #crying #mentalhealth #parenting #cryitout
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Kate Silverton - 2.4K Likes - THIS on #internationalwomensday 

Thank you @laurahallain for posting thjs today …

Every time we set a boundary - saying no if it means YES to ourselves, we do something very important. 

When we change, things change

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Caption : THIS on #internationalwomensday Thank you @laurahallain for posting thjs today … Every time we set a boundary – saying no if it means YES to ourselves, we do something very important. When we change, things change
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Kate Silverton - 2.3K Likes - Difficult to do sometimes I know - but this post sums up what we must hold in mind and remember to be true … we can only do our own work … and hope that in holding with grace … we help others to do the same …

2.3K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Difficult to do sometimes I know – but this post sums up what we must hold in mind and remember to be true … we can only do our own work … and hope that in holding with grace … we help others to do the same …
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Kate Silverton - 2.1K Likes - My husband just came home from school and showed me this …It’s not sequins and sparkles that makes us inspirational women to our children … it’s in being the best we can be and (trying) to be as funny as we can ..

I could not have wished for a better gift on #internationalwomensday ♥️

2.1K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : My husband just came home from school and showed me this …It’s not sequins and sparkles that makes us inspirational women to our children … it’s in being the best we can be and (trying) to be as funny as we can .. I could not have wished for a better gift on #internationalwomensday ♥️
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Kate Silverton - 2.1K Likes - YES YES YES YES !!!!!!

#repost @naomicfisher 

One of the first things we learn at school is that learning means being still. 

At primary school it’s about sitting on your bottom and not fiddling with your pencil. Walking not running, and putting your hand up before you speak.  Staying in your chair, even when you’re desperate to crawl under the table or lie on the floor. 

At secondary school it carries on. Some schools insist that young people track the teacher with their eyes, and won’t allow them to reach into their bag for a water bottle without asking.  Every move is choreographed and on command. They say this maximises learning. 

We tell children that to learn they need to listen, and to listen they need to keep still. That’s particularly hard for children, and so a lot of their energy is spent trying to conform with that. For some, it’s much harder, and they get in trouble for bouncing and jumping. The movement bursts out of them, and we tell them they can’t learn like that. 

It’s not true. If you watch children learning out of school, they move and twirl and jump. They lie on the floor whilst listening to stories and hang off the monkey bars whilst they think. They ask unexpected questions at inconvenient times. They make new connections whilst sitting on the toilet, bouncing on the trampoline or when watching TV. They run around and then come back to story. They express their feelings through their body. 

Schools need to control children’s bodies to manage large numbers, but that doesn’t mean that stillness is the best way to learn. As adults, many of us must work hard to reconnect to our bodies. We’ve learnt to ignore our urge to move and we can’t understand why we feel so terrible after hours at a desk. 

The things we learn at school run deep. But learning is about connection, not disconnection, and we can’t leave our bodies out of that. 

Let’s reclaim our right to be active. 

We need to move to learn, and that goes both for our children and ourselves.

2.1K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : YES YES YES YES !!!!!! #repost @naomicfisher One of the first things we learn at school is that learning means being still. At primary school it’s about sitting on your bottom and not fiddling with your pencil. Walking not running, and putting your hand up before you speak. Staying in your chair, even when you’re desperate to crawl under the table or lie on the floor. At secondary school it carries on. Some schools insist that young people track the teacher with their eyes, and won’t allow them to reach into their bag for a water bottle without asking. Every move is choreographed and on command. They say this maximises learning. We tell children that to learn they need to listen, and to listen they need to keep still. That’s particularly hard for children, and so a lot of their energy is spent trying to conform with that. For some, it’s much harder, and they get in trouble for bouncing and jumping. The movement bursts out of them, and we tell them they can’t learn like that. It’s not true. If you watch children learning out of school, they move and twirl and jump. They lie on the floor whilst listening to stories and hang off the monkey bars whilst they think. They ask unexpected questions at inconvenient times. They make new connections whilst sitting on the toilet, bouncing on the trampoline or when watching TV. They run around and then come back to story. They express their feelings through their body. Schools need to control children’s bodies to manage large numbers, but that doesn’t mean that stillness is the best way to learn. As adults, many of us must work hard to reconnect to our bodies. We’ve learnt to ignore our urge to move and we can’t understand why we feel so terrible after hours at a desk. The things we learn at school run deep. But learning is about connection, not disconnection, and we can’t leave our bodies out of that. Let’s reclaim our right to be active. We need to move to learn, and that goes both for our children and ourselves.
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared – AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼 #thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared – AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼 #thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared – AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼 #thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared – AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼 #thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
Likes : 1837
Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool 

SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared - AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a  copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼

#thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Had a brilliant time taking your questions @thismorning … #backtoschool SWIPE ➡️ to hear some of the tips I shared – AND to see which Hollywood star has gone home with a copy of ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ !! 🎊🎊💪🏼 #thismorning #theresnosuchthingasnaughty #parenting
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents and teachers alike – all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children & calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’ is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way – they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body – and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today I volunteer as a counsellor in schools – I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are – but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost – their future health & happiness depends on it.
Likes : 1826
Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents and teachers alike – all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children & calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’ is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way – they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body – and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today I volunteer as a counsellor in schools – I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are – but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost – their future health & happiness depends on it.
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents and teachers alike – all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children & calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’ is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way – they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body – and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today I volunteer as a counsellor in schools – I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are – but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost – their future health & happiness depends on it.
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents and teachers alike – all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children & calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’ is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way – they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body – and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today I volunteer as a counsellor in schools – I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are – but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost – their future health & happiness depends on it.
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents  and teachers alike - all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children &  calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. 

In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’  is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health

Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way - they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. 

Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body - and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. 

For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. 

Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today 

I volunteer as a counsellor in schools - I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are - but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost - their future health & happiness depends on it.

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : What an incredible response; from parents, grandparents and teachers alike – all aligned in powerful advocacy of our children & calling for more time spent in movement & play. Our children’s brains and bodies are designed by nature to move and to play .. in fact, it’s crucial for healthy mental AND physical development. In my books, I explain why play and movement SUPPORT learning and more regulated behaviour in the classroom. Policy makers are getting it wrong if they think forcing young children to sit still and ‘be quiet’ is the way to instil ‘discipline’ and indeed good future mental health Many young children are unable to self-regulate this way – they need to move their bodies to remove residual and natural stress energy before they are able to sit still and learn. This is not my opinion: this is science: and any academic institution and anyone in the position of policy making does well to familiarise themselves with it. Science shows us that even short periods of movement can help to reduce stress energy in the body – and can therefore support calmer more regulated behaviour in the classroom. For older children this may be as simple as standing up to do what I call the ‘shake it out’ during long lessons, and for younger children, anything patterned repetitive and rhythmic ( a dance to music at the start of the day, throwing a ball back and forth, star jumps, drumming, singing, dancing ) all support emotional and physical regulation, rather than little bodies being forced to sit still ‘on the mat’ for periods that may be too long for their still-developing brains. Swipe ➡️ to see just some of the comments shared with me today I volunteer as a counsellor in schools – I know the issues are multi-faceted & can be complex. But we can only create change when we come together. There are many issues at stake and we can only start where we are – but we begin by bringing the joy back into the classroom & putting our children’s needs first & foremost – their future health & happiness depends on it.
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Kate Silverton - 1.8K Likes - On the issue of #screentimealternatives - thank you @thejuggleuk for publishing an extract of my book ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ following their post below .. 

‘As adults, we’re slowly waking up to the negative impact screens have on our lives. So why is the amount of time our children are spending on screens increasing?
 
In her new book, There’s Still No Such Thing As Naughty: Parenting In The Primary Years, @katesilverton explores exactly what screentime is doing to our children’s brains and behaviour. 

Tap the link in my bio to read an exclusive extract’.

1.8K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : On the issue of #screentimealternatives – thank you @thejuggleuk for publishing an extract of my book ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty’ following their post below .. ‘As adults, we’re slowly waking up to the negative impact screens have on our lives. So why is the amount of time our children are spending on screens increasing? In her new book, There’s Still No Such Thing As Naughty: Parenting In The Primary Years, @katesilverton explores exactly what screentime is doing to our children’s brains and behaviour. Tap the link in my bio to read an exclusive extract’.
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Kate Silverton - 1.7K Likes - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview

1.7K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods? “There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.” 🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
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Kate Silverton - 1.7K Likes - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview

1.7K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods? “There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.” 🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
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Kate Silverton - 1.7K Likes - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview

1.7K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods? “There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.” 🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
Likes : 1679
Kate Silverton - 1.7K Likes - By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. 

Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods?

“There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.”

🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview

1.7K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : By the 1990s the mood had hardened again as a reaction against unruly progressive schools. Gina Ford became a household name for imposing strict schedules on babies, and Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, became a television star for wearing dominatrix black leather gloves and threatening time-outs. Asimilar spirit currently pervades a network of mainly urban state schools that enforce quiet compliance from students through techniques like isolation rooms and restricted playtime. Most famous among them is Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, both academically outstanding and “the strictest school in Britain”, led by Katharine Birbalsingh, who posted on social media that children had “original sin”. What about isolation periods? “There is absolutely no need for these shaming, suppressing policies,” Silverton says. “I’m thinking about schools now. We have really lost our way when we think this is how to treat children. Seriously.” 🔗Click the link in the bio to read the full interview
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Kate Silverton - 1.6K Likes - Beautiful tribute to my darling dad Terence George - Terry … in this months @womanandhome magazine. He is no longer by my side but always in my heart and in spirit.. thank you @womanandhome for such a beautiful feature on how his inspiration and legacy lives on ♥️

Thank you @simphotographyuk for capturing such a beautiful memory for life 

#father #fatherhood #parenting #family #love #daughterlove❤️

1.6K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Beautiful tribute to my darling dad Terence George – Terry … in this months @womanandhome magazine. He is no longer by my side but always in my heart and in spirit.. thank you @womanandhome for such a beautiful feature on how his inspiration and legacy lives on ♥️ Thank you @simphotographyuk for capturing such a beautiful memory for life #father #fatherhood #parenting #family #love #daughterlove❤️
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Kate Silverton - 1.6K Likes - Healing my childhood wounds as an adult has taken far longer than it would have with the right support as a child. 🩹🩹

Never be afraid to ask for help—whether for your child or yourself. A conversation with a trusted and emotionally available friend, GP, or teacher can make all the difference. Children heal quickly with the right support, and we all need help sometimes. I know I have.

See it as a gift—for you, and for them. 🎁🤍

#HealingStartsNow #supportthenextgeneration #katesilverton #preventmentalhealthissues #preventbrokenchildren #support #rightsupport #parentingadvice #parentingbook

1.6K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Healing my childhood wounds as an adult has taken far longer than it would have with the right support as a child. 🩹🩹 Never be afraid to ask for help—whether for your child or yourself. A conversation with a trusted and emotionally available friend, GP, or teacher can make all the difference. Children heal quickly with the right support, and we all need help sometimes. I know I have. See it as a gift—for you, and for them. 🎁🤍 #HealingStartsNow #supportthenextgeneration #katesilverton #preventmentalhealthissues #preventbrokenchildren #support #rightsupport #parentingadvice #parentingbook
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Kate Silverton - 1.6K Likes - My commentary in the @telegraph today 

On behalf of the children

Thank you all for your kind support and words on here, they have meant a great deal, and I am so glad to know that it is bringing some comfort and release, for those of you who have experienced the same 🙏🏼

More to come on this issue as I hope we can raise awareness and effect positive change for all - and look at how we can embed trauma informed care at every level of our society - whether in the media and reporting cases, the legal system, schools, healthcare and beyond. 

I am always keen to hear from you about ways we may effect change and what this means for you a please do leave any thoughts in the comments or DM 

Then it’s back to parenting and responding to all your other messages asking for support and thoughts as we continue to navigate the summer holidays ! X 

#abuse #trauma #traumahealing #traumainformed 

@nspcc_official l @beaconhouseteam @mindcharity @the.greenhousebristol @one_in_four_uk

1.6K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : My commentary in the @telegraph today On behalf of the children Thank you all for your kind support and words on here, they have meant a great deal, and I am so glad to know that it is bringing some comfort and release, for those of you who have experienced the same 🙏🏼 More to come on this issue as I hope we can raise awareness and effect positive change for all – and look at how we can embed trauma informed care at every level of our society – whether in the media and reporting cases, the legal system, schools, healthcare and beyond. I am always keen to hear from you about ways we may effect change and what this means for you a please do leave any thoughts in the comments or DM Then it’s back to parenting and responding to all your other messages asking for support and thoughts as we continue to navigate the summer holidays ! X #abuse #trauma #traumahealing #traumainformed @nspcc_official l @beaconhouseteam @mindcharity @the.greenhousebristol @one_in_four_uk
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Kate Silverton - 1.4K Likes - En route to @thismorning my book ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty ‘ in hand … I’ll share some of the research I did for the book that reveals the true impact of too much screen time on our children’s still developing brains. 

I’ll be talking about #smartphone & #screentimealternatives as we hear from the Headteacher Rachel Harper at St Patrick’s National School, Greystones who has led the charge for a community ‘smartphone voluntary code’ having seen increasing levels of anxiety in her primary pupils with their use. 

Would you like to see a similar code adopted at your child’s primary school? Indeed across your entire community ? Leave a 👍🏼 or 👎🏻 in the comments .. 

Hope you can join us @thismorning with @alisonhammond55 and @dermotoleary soon

1.4K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : En route to @thismorning my book ‘there’s still no such thing as naughty ‘ in hand … I’ll share some of the research I did for the book that reveals the true impact of too much screen time on our children’s still developing brains. I’ll be talking about #smartphone & #screentimealternatives as we hear from the Headteacher Rachel Harper at St Patrick’s National School, Greystones who has led the charge for a community ‘smartphone voluntary code’ having seen increasing levels of anxiety in her primary pupils with their use. Would you like to see a similar code adopted at your child’s primary school? Indeed across your entire community ? Leave a 👍🏼 or 👎🏻 in the comments .. Hope you can join us @thismorning with @alisonhammond55 and @dermotoleary soon
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Kate Silverton - 1.4K Likes - Merry Christmas to all my dear followers and friends!

I hope this Christmas brings everything you’ve wished for—the magic of time with your children and those precious moments of self-care, too.

I am so incredibly grateful for all your support and love this past year. Knowing that my work is helping parents and their families means the world to me, and I’m excited to do even more in 2025 to support you.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season. Merry Christmas from my family to yours.

With love,
Kate xxx

#merrychristmas #katesilverton

1.4K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : Merry Christmas to all my dear followers and friends! I hope this Christmas brings everything you’ve wished for—the magic of time with your children and those precious moments of self-care, too. I am so incredibly grateful for all your support and love this past year. Knowing that my work is helping parents and their families means the world to me, and I’m excited to do even more in 2025 to support you. Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season. Merry Christmas from my family to yours. With love, Kate xxx #merrychristmas #katesilverton
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Kate Silverton - 1.4K Likes - “Our emotions serve as essential guides in life.” - Kate Silverton. 

For children to engage fully with the world—rather than withdraw or feel they must do battle with it—they must trust that all their emotions are accepted and valid. Core emotions like anger, sadness, surprise, and joy are fundamental to the human experience. They enable us to experience life’s inevitable highs and lows without being overwhelmed. 

Teaching emotional regulation takes time and patience, but it’s one of the most valuable tools we can offer our children. In fostering emotional literacy, we give them a gift for life. 

Visit our website to read Kate’s guest essay in full! You can find a link in bios.

1.4K Likes – Kate Silverton Instagram

Caption : “Our emotions serve as essential guides in life.” – Kate Silverton. For children to engage fully with the world—rather than withdraw or feel they must do battle with it—they must trust that all their emotions are accepted and valid. Core emotions like anger, sadness, surprise, and joy are fundamental to the human experience. They enable us to experience life’s inevitable highs and lows without being overwhelmed. Teaching emotional regulation takes time and patience, but it’s one of the most valuable tools we can offer our children. In fostering emotional literacy, we give them a gift for life. Visit our website to read Kate’s guest essay in full! You can find a link in bios.
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