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How to parent the sensitive child
Does your child worry about the simplest of things? Does he or she get upset easily? Do they seem to have empathy beyond their young years? Chances are you have a sensitive little soul on your hands.
Kimberley O'Brien
Positive advice for kids
Kimberley O'Brien tells you how you can help kids rule out the negatives life throws at them and find the positive influences they need to function better each day.
Justine Davies
How to engage bored kids in play
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In 2020 why are water bottles still sending our kids sexist messages about gender roles?
Although I am trying to raise my children to believe they can do whatever they want to do in all aspects of their lives, regardless of gender, I'm aware I'm battling myriad messages that bombard them daily.
Reality check: things we need to teach our daughters drug use
From older men offering drugs to cooking under the influence, it's time to get straight with our kids, writes author Dilvin Yasa.
Creating codependency: the real problem with 'parenting'
I am convinced that "parenting" causes otherwise rational people - people whose thought processes are not typically driven by emotion - to lose their minds.
The simple trick I use to keep my kids' playroom tidy
Cleaning my kids' playroom is my Sisyphean task.
When is it okay to tell your child to stop crying?
Children cry. Some of them cry a lot. But is it ever okay to tell them to stop?
'I knew it would be hard, but I didn't know this': the truth about raising teenagers
Nobody tells you it will be lonely. So very, very lonely.
Right from the start: six parenting principles to live by
Nobody ever said that growing up was meant to be an easy peasy walk in the park with no difficulty.
Book grief is real – and my children are sufferers
It's interesting, don't you think, how we try to shield our children from life's slings and arrows – we turn off the news, we whisper about terminally ill relatives when the children are in the next room, we tell them our sick dog has "gone to live on the farm"
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I treat my child's schedule like I did my job's calendar and, hear me out, it works
Before I became a parent, I didn't quite understand the daily juggling act that is required to survive. Now I do.
Three ways to help children think critically about the news
The circulation of misinformation makes understanding the world difficult. Here are three ways you can help children to think critically about the news they see, hear and read.
Grooming: what parents should know and what schools should do if they suspect it
When parents suspect grooming, they should direct their concerns to the school, no matter how trivial it may seem.
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