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Building Emotional Resilience

If you’ve had a child at school for more than a few years, chances are that there have been times when you have considered whether to ‘step in’ when your child is experiencing difficulty. Working out what requires your intervention can be tricky. An...
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A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years

When you consider that the teen years are a period of intense growth, not only physically but emotionally and intellectually, it's understandable that it's a time of confusion and upheaval for many families. Teens are often energetic, thoughtful and...
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Reducing Plastic as a Family

Children cannot be expected to self-regulate the accumulation of stuff. Instead, they learn through modelling. As adults, we have to be the ones steering the ship. We need to set boundaries around the stuff we bring into our homes, particularly in...
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SchoolTV - Positive Parenting

Further to Mr David Druery’s article above, many parents today are over-protective, resulting in children being less independent, unable to problem-solve or self-regulate. Parents are failing to set clear boundaries, which is unfortunately making...
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Serve and Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry

Young children experience their world as an environment of relationships. These relationships virtually affect all aspects of their development – intellectual, social, emotional, physical, behavioural and moral. “One of the most essential...
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The Perils of Perfectionism

Be a role model to your children and challenge yourself to make mistakes! Face difficult activities head on, experience setbacks, learn from failures and try again. By recognising and challenging the ever-present messages we and our children receive...
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10 Tips for Staying Healthy

Health is not just a science, but an ongoing creative adventure that often takes some interesting twists and turns. The Institute for the Psychology of Eating has 10 tips for staying healthy that can help us feel happier, healthier and more in tune...
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Teens and Privacy - Should I 'Spy' on My Child?

Wanting more privacy and time alone doesn’t necessarily mean your child has something to hide. Secrecy goes along with the development of independence – it’s a natural part of adolescence. Parents often wonder how much privacy their children need...
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What Type of Parent Are You?

Following on from Mr David Druery’s article above, the latest SchoolTV Special Report is an important resource for parents and caregivers. Raising children can bring parents and caregivers great joy, despite many learning ‘on the job’ and growing...
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5 Ways to Increase Your Emotional Flexibility

Being able to ‘go with the flow’ and be flexible in your thinking is a necessary skill for dealing with life’s inevitable changes. This is a trait that helps us adjust more easily to new circumstances, challenges and situations as they arise...
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