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Friendships and social skills
Making friends can be harder for some kids than others but there are ways you can help develop your child's social skills to ensure they can build healthy friendships now and in the future.

How to talk to children about grandparents with dementia
Helping children understand why their grandparent can no longer remember their name is a hard conversation to have, but here are ten practical tips to help guide you.




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Only parent, only child: An ode to our small family
My husband died when my daughter was almost two-years-old - and we became a family of two.

Help! How do we present a 'united front' with different parenting styles?
Sometimes being on the same page is overrated.

Being divorced, I feel like I don't deserve to grieve: the tricky business of mourning an ex
She's grieving her ex after his unexpected death, but what's good ex-etiquette?

Helicopter parents and tiger mothers, relax. Aussie kids are alright
It would be easy to believe, if you pay attention to the media, that Australian children are in poor shape.

From childcare to high school – what to do if you don’t like your kid’s friend
If you suspect your child has a questionable friend, here are some tips on how to deal with it.

Don't force your daughters to give hugs, says the Girl Scouts. Bravo, I say
“Telling your child that she owes someone a hug can set the stage for her questioning whether she ‘owes’ another person any type of physical affection," the organisation says.

Little brother's adorable handwritten notes to 'bawling' sister win Christmas
Go get the tissues...

'My kids and I survived domestic violence - and the emotional scars run deep'
If there's one important thing I've learnt, it's this: trauma doesn't end when the relationship ends.

'A time of great uncertainty': this is what I want for my kids in 2020
In a time of uncertainty, this is what I want for my children.

The truth about becoming a first time dad in my 50s
It has given me a sense of purpose I had previously lacked.
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