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📚✨🧠 CBT picture books helping kids ages 5-7 understand their thoughts. Meet Benny, Pip, Shelby & friends. By K. E. Granger |

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Blame makes children feel stuck, handing away their power. When they own a small thread of a problem, they find their way out. #ParentingTips https://t.co/Mtwvin5SUV

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The patterns we hand our children are usually the ones we received, not the ones we'd choose. But inheritance isn't destiny. That awareness is the first real chance to change course. https://t.co/1p69ujXEVI #Parenting

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Her friends are playing in the mud. She's three feet away, holding another scroll of rules.
There's a difference between a rule that guides a child and a rule that traps them. Shelby's Shoulds was written for kids who've forgotten how to play. 🐑 Article@ https://t.co/DobuJ04NNO

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When something goes wrong, kids don't see circumstance — they see themselves as the cause. And they carry it quietly until the weight is too much.

It's called personalization, and it's more common than most parents realize.

Pip's Heavy Backpack was written for exactly this 🪨

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50% of mental health conditions begin before age 14 — not because life gets harder, but because early thinking patterns calcify.
Black-and-white thinking is the most common cognitive distortion in kids. Most never get the words to name it.
New article 🔗 https://t.co/DobuJ04fYg

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What if awareness of a thought pattern was enough to weaken it? New article — vaccines for your brain, and why early awareness of cognitive distortions builds lifelong resilience in kids. https://t.co/4WV5vMgcZy

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The Self Safari series is built on the CBT triangle — Thoughts, Feelings, Behavior.
Oliver guides Thoughts. Tessa guides Feelings. Gloria guides Behavior.
Every mentor maps to one point. Full article at https://t.co/d2k3d5r823
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The rules say stay clean. The rules say agree. But what happens when the rules won't stop growing?
"Shelby's Shoulds" helps kids loosen should statements and find wiggle room. Book 3 of the Self Safari series. On Amazon — link in bio.
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Something went wrong. A friend rushed past. Somewhere nearby, someone is laughing. It must be his fault — right?
"Pip's Heavy Backpack" helps kids understand personalization. Book 2 of the Self Safari series. Now on Amazon — link in bio.
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One missed shot. One wrong answer. Everything loses its color.
"Benny's Gray Day" helps kids understand black and white thinking. Book 1 of the Self Safari series. Now available on Amazon — link in bio.
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