Welcome to Tika Knows Nonprofit
Videos
Handling Rejection
Rejection is a part of life everyone faces at different times. This video was created to give kids an introduction to a new way of understanding and handling rejection, without it hurting or destroying their balance and self-confidence.
Choose your Response: Action Game
Watch below to learn how we can empower ourselves to choose our own responses to things that may otherwise confuse or upset us. Children can learn through this video, how they can begin to take the driver's seat of their consciousness, so they can maintain their balance no matter what others say or do.
Watch out for Tika Knows' future web series currently in production. "Let's stop confusion and solve all mystery,with a Piece of the Puzzle of Harmony."
SIGN UP FOR ONE OF OURUPCOMING WEB COURSES:
• How to start homeschooling my child• How to help my child change their responses to negativity
subject "web course"
You can make a tax-deductible donation to Tika Knows to help support our projects!
subject "donate" to tell us your preferred method
We are so grateful to all our donors and supporters. Special thanks to Good Hearts and Good Hands Nonprofit for your consistent heartfelt support.
All of our donations are vitally important to us and are consistently contributing to saving for a permanent location in nature for a public summer camp where parents and children can come to learn more about our deeply researched and result gaining harmonious social interaction techniques.
We are also saving for a more efficient, suitable and spacious long-term facility where we can continue expanding on our research and development, videos and educational curriculum, counseling and music programs for the public.
Q & A:
Read questions curious kids and parents have sent in to be addressed in our Tika Knows Q & A series:
• How do I get my 5 year old to listen to me and not throw a tantrum? (parent)• I'm too scared to tell on a bully because I think they might hurt me, what should I do? (10yrs)
• How do I find friends that are nice and I can trust? (7yrs)
• How do I get my kids to stop trying to make each other laugh while I'm teaching? (teacher)
• How much screen time is unhealthy for a 4 year old? (parent)
• Do my happiness and joy come from the things I do? (12yrs)
• Are animals just as important or smart as people? (4yrs)
• How can something make me mad on some days, and on other days, not bother me at all? (8yrs)
• How can I make my kid more interested in learning the subjects he doesn't like? (parent/teacher)
All age, internal, external, personal and social-emotional questions are welcome. No question is too small or too big. Anonymous is ok.
Our blog:
VANTAGE POINTS- kid topic -THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Ever notice how when you are having a bad day, feeling off, maybe extra irritable, hormonal, or nothing seems to be going right- that on these days, it seems your child acts up more than normal? They seem more needy, frustrated, inconsolable, or not as receptive to listening or taking discipline?
Children are closely linked to us and it is interesting to consider how we may be affecting them just by how we are feeling or what we may be going through on the inside, even if we don't say or do anything on the outside.
It is human nature to prey on others' weaknesses- which actually helps to make each other stronger in the long run.. When a child feels that sense of insecurity in their parent or caretaker, they are affected on the inside and may very well respond differently on the outside, because of it. Maybe if you are complaining of a physical ailment, your child will suddenly act under the weather in hopes of drawing the attention back onto themselves, or extra irritable if that type of mood seems to be taking your attention, in hopes it will bring you back to focus on them, all because they care about you and are instinctually trying to connect with you, and simultaneously unknowingly, trying to help you.
Interesting to consider how we may be affecting our little ones in more ways than we realize... And them, us!
TRAINING TIPS- kid topic -THINGS TO TRY
There can be and usually are more than one layer of interaction going on between brothers and sisters as well as classmates and peers.. Often when one kid seems to act out towards another out of nowhere, it wasn't out of nowhere at all.. rather it had been building up for a long time in a sort of internal or quiet way that we as adults, parents or teachers weren't quite aware of.. maybe for minutes or even days, or months prior.
So how do we become aware of the build up?
Let's try to focus in more closely on the conversations and interactions between our little ones and see if we can tune our awareness in to notice patterns that happen that then go on to lead to the bigger conflicts.
Once we start to see some reoccurring patterns, we can start to act on them- and begin jumping in sooner to stop problems then and there before they escalate. This can look like: changing the subject, the game, the environment, separating two who might be getting irritable with each other, talking to them about their emotions or the snappy way they are being with each other, or just including yourself into the game to play with them- changing the dynamic.