Do you have a sore loser in your family? Chances are you have more than one. Children naturally find losing challenging and it can cause all sorts of big feelings from shame and embarrassment to anger and losing control. Here is a story from a few years ago when our children were younger when losing […]
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Giving Christmas presents offers children to chance to experience Christmas in a whole new light. It can be a way for them to show their love. They get the chance to be excited about the giving. It can actually bring peace to your home in a chaotic festive period. And it can give the whole
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When do you like to wrap your Christmas presents? My kids like to leave theirs to the last possible moment and its become a bit of a Christmas Eve tradition. Here is our story… You can read the first part of this story here… Wrapping Christmas Presents Headquarters is Open for Business Mummy (10 years
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Giving Christmas Presents to kids is great fun. They get so excited, their presents are generally much more interesting (if you can work out how to put them together) and it brings the whole family joy. But its just as important to give children the opportunity to give presents of their own. For them to
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Are you wondering about how to build better spending money habits with your kids but not sure where the start? Our easy three step plan covers spending, saving and giving to help start your children build good money habits from the start. In this story we are practising spending and it’s not as easy as
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Having a weekend away from kids is not always easy or practical. Due to logistical reasons, my husband and I generally only get 1 weekend each year away from our two children. But we look forward to those weekends. We look forward to having that special time together to recharge, reconnect and to sleep. And
When you enjoy a kid-free weekend and your kids get to enjoy a grandparent-filled weekend, everybody wins. You don’t need to be productive or busy. You don’t need to spend loads of money and do lots of things to make it worth it. You don’t need to book a romantic holiday or even leave the
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The grandparents took the children away on holiday for the weekend. Even though we are a close family, the time apart was great for both us as a couple and for the children and their grandparents. The grandparent-grandchild relationship is unique and can be really special. Our children had an absolutely amazing time – here
Tomos was so excited for his first school rugby competition. And the disappointment of missing it was crushing. Find out what happened here. You can also read our 5 Ways for Parents to Support their Children Struggling with Disappointment. Fortunately the rugby competition was rescheduled and he was able to play. Here is what happened
When our children suffer a big disappointment it can be heartbreaking for parents. We don’t like to see our children in pain and struggling with some big feelings. Our natural instinct is to immediately step in and try and fix it in any way we can. We want to make them feel better immediately. Disappointment
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