Parenting Advice
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Future Hopes
Whenever I see a group of young children I can’t help but wonder as to what their futures might be. What will their world be like? What will they go on to achieve in this world? Will they make a name for themselves? My first impressions are always of freshness, innocence, purity. And then I…
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Children’s Parties at Home – Top Tips
As soon as children start school they hit the birthday party circuit. Suddenly, they seem to have a party to go to each weekend. Sometimes there’s more than one party. They can even have two parties in a day. It’s a social life that we parents can only envy. Yet the parties do become rather…
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The Essence of Teaching Good Behaviour
All good parents and teachers will know that it is easier to train someone to do something than it is to train them not to do something. This is because it is much simpler to encourage and incentivise positive behaviour than it is to discourage unwanted behaviour. Getting desirable behaviour is readily achievable through positive…
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Treating Children as Grown-ups
From a very early age, right through their development, children have to learn certain behaviours. It may be for their own safety and well-being or for the safety of others; it may be in terms of how they respect and behave in relation to other people; it may be with regard to the rules of…
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Letting Go of your Children
It’s a Saturday afternoon. I am with my daughter browsing the shops in a large shopping centre. We’ve had lunch and as we leave the food court I spot the toilets. I gesture towards the sign. “Do you need to go?” To my surprise I get a piercing “Really!!!” expression back from her. And then…
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Parents – The Importance of Sales Training
You have a misbehaving child, prone to tantrums and disagreeability. You don’t seem to be able to get him to do as he is told. It’s always a battle to get him to do what you want. Who do you turn to for help and advice? Teachers, behavioural scientists, parental coaches, grandparents, psychologists, medical professionals…
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The Smoking Mum – Why Do It?
My suspicions are aroused! Whenever I see a young mother smoking, I am naturally suspicious. Medical advice is categorical in saying that pregnant women should not smoke (I would also argue that they should not smoke in that pre-conception period either) as it risks harm to the unborn baby. Smoking increases the risk of stillbirth,…
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Where do children go wrong?
Everybody knows the argument. You’re not allowed to drive a car but you can have a baby. Having a baby requires no license, no permission, no training, no exams. It’s something, given the constraints of nature, that anybody can do anytime they like. The single most important act that people do – raising a child…
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The Best Start in Life – Conceptual Parenting
Getting the best start in life is about having a good education .…wrong. Getting the best start in life is about being offered opportunities to utilise and develop potential ….. wrong. Getting the best start in life is about being in a supportive and nurturing family environment ..…wrong. These facets may all be beneficial, but…
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