Is your school morning routine getting you down? Are you fed up of rushing around, desperately trying to shove everyone out of the door to get to school and work on time? Then it’s time to take a step back and create a brand new school morning routine that works for the whole family. Here
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Kids often have their own school morning routine and it doesn’t always align with their parents. The structure of getting ready for the school day can interrupt their early morning play. But it doesn’t always need to be a battle – here is our story… You can read the first part of this story here…
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Sometimes we assume that the best school morning routines are structured, calm and orderly. Or that as parents we need to lose valuable sleep to ensure a better start to the day. But sometimes the best way for our kids to start their days is to be able to play, laugh and be a little
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When it comes to older children sharing, I have found that the conversation becomes much more complex. The phrase “it’s mine” or “I still need it” might actually be a reasonable arguments that we can’t just gloss over as parents. So, how can we help our older children to see the benefits of sharing and
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Older kids sharing can have a great impact on your family relationships. But as kids get older, sharing can’t be forced or simply expected. Parents need to help older children to understand the value of sharing in building positive and healthy relationships with their siblings, peers and friends. Here is our story… You can read
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Older kids sharing brings a more complex power dynamic that often doesn’t have a simple right or wrong answer. But the ability to still be able to share your ‘stuff’ as you get older is a life skill that shouldn’t be ignored just because your kids are now tweens or teenagers. Sharing is a vital
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Picky eaters, fussy eaters, food refusal – there is a never-ending list of labels that we attribute to our children when it comes to the dinner table. So in this article I’m going to focus on us – the grown-ups, the over-feeders, the vegetable salespeople, the helicopter chefs. How are we as parents influencing our
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Want to help kids to eat healthy foods? Do you struggle to get your child interested in mealtimes? It can be challenge for parents to stay calm as dinnertime drags on and on and the food gets colder and colder. Here is our story… You can read the first part of this story here… Help
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Trying to feed fussy children healthy, nourishing food is not always easy. And working out how much they should be eating and when to stop is a challenge for parents, no matter what age their children are. And then there are the days they are just not interested. Here is our story… This story is
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