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Does your child struggle when your attention is focused on someone else?

Perhaps they interrupt conversations, become louder or more demanding when you're talking to another child, struggle when you spend time with their sibling, or suddenly need you the moment your attention moves elsewhere.

For children who have experienced trauma, this isn't always simply about wanting attention. Sharing an important adult can feel difficult when relationships, safety and connection haven't always been predictable.

In this episode of TRIBE Talk, Laura Neal and Rachel Evans explore what may be happening underneath these behaviours and why some children have a particularly strong need to keep the attention of the adults they trust.

We look at how past experiences can influence relationships, why behaviours that look demanding or attention-seeking may be communicating something very different, and practical ways parents and carers can help children feel more secure while gradually learning to cope when attention is shared.

Most importantly, we discuss how you can respond without making your child feel that their need for connection is wrong — while still creating healthy boundaries for the whole family.

If you've ever thought, "Why can't my child cope when I'm giving someone else attention?", this episode is for you.

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For children and young people who have experienced trauma, Exam Results Day can mean much more than the grades written on a piece of paper.

Many care-experienced and trauma-experienced children have faced disruption to their education. They may have changed schools, experienced periods of absence, struggled to concentrate or learn while coping with trauma, or simply not had the same opportunities as their peers. When results arrive, those experiences can suddenly feel very visible.

In this episode of TRIBE Talk, Laura Neal and Rachel Evans explore how parents and carers can support children who may not achieve the results they hoped for — particularly when trauma and missed education have shaped their educational journey.

We discuss managing expectations, recognising the progress that exam grades don't capture, responding sensitively to disappointment, avoiding comparisons with other young people, and helping your child look towards what comes next.

Most importantly, we explore how to make sure Exam Results Day doesn't become another experience that tells a young person they have failed, when their journey to get there may already have required extraordinary resilience.

Whatever is written on that results sheet, their story is bigger than their grades.

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Have you ever said a simple "no" to your child and been completely unprepared for the reaction that followed?

Crying, shouting, arguing, aggression or a full emotional explosion can leave parents wondering: Why has such a small word caused such a huge reaction?

In this episode of TRIBE Talk, Laura Neal and Rachel Evans explore why some children find hearing "no" particularly difficult. We look beyond the behaviour to understand what may be happening emotionally, why previous experiences and trauma can influence a child's response, and how parents can hold necessary boundaries while responding in a trauma-informed way.

We discuss why the goal isn't simply to avoid saying no, but to understand what "no" means to your child and help them gradually develop the skills to cope with disappointment, frustration and limits.

If you're parenting a child whose reaction to boundaries can feel much bigger than the situation itself, this episode is for you.

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