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Active Listening: How to Master the Skill That Will Make You a More Effective...
middle aged mother and teen daughter chatting on bed YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME!!!!” The scream echoes through the house. As does the slam of the bedroom door. Have you been there? It’s an all too...
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Help, My Toddler Can’t Play Without Me! By Janet Lansbury
“The inability to play independently inevitably increases the child’s sense of dependence on the adult. Conversely, independent activity allows him to experience autonomy.” – Éva Kálló and Györgyi...
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How to Teach Vowel Sounds, by Heidi Hanks, M.S.CCC-SLP
When Vowels Typically Emerge Vowels are typically the first sounds that emerge from our precious little ones and most often not a concern. Starting around 2 months babies begin to “coo” making sounds...
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What Is Grit, Why Kids Need It, and How You Can Foster It, by Jenny Williams
You’ve probably heard the word grit mentioned several times in the recent years in the context of raising kids who go on to fulfill their potential. While the word grit may conjure images of Rocky...
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The Writing Assignment That Changes Lives: first used in universities and now...
Why do you do what you do? What is the engine that keeps you up late at night or gets you going in the morning? Where is your happy place? What stands between you and your ultimate dream? Heavy...
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To Build (or Break) a Child’s Spirit – by Rachel Macy Stafford
A well-thought out article by Rachel Macy Stafford, the author of “Hands Free Mama”, with great ideas to be mindful of when “teaching” our kids… I for one am going to try to remember these! Kindness...
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How Guilt Over Your Divorce Cripples Good Parenting, by Joel Phillips
Do you carry around something that you feel terrible about? Maybe you weren’t there for your child at a particular important event. I have that. Maybe you feel like your child was robbed of a “normal”...
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Australian mum raises over $100,000 to build safe-house for abused girls, by...
Australian blogger Constance Hall has harnessed the power of her loyal social media following to raise funds for a charity that supports sexually abused Kenyan girls. The response has been...
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The Dunedin Study: TV Use/ Screen time and other “habits”: Effects on Kids in...
Continuing our series of articles on findings discovered by the “Dunedin Longitudinal Study”… Every generation identifies “bad habits” in their children which they believe should be “discouraged”...
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Why self-control matters. 8 simple ways to help preschoolers develop...
Preschoolers with good self-control have a better chance of growing up to become healthy, wealthy and crime-free. Here are 8 simple ways teachers can improve children’s self-control – and make...
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