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Printable Family Conversation Cards

May 21, 2013
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Since I last posted about family meal time conversations, sharing ideas from the Childhood 101 Facebook community, our dinner time conversations have evolved to include Immy sharing the highlights of her day at school and us all taking a turn to share the best and worst parts of our day. Sometimes we mix it up [...]

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9 Ways to Motivate Kids…to Play, to Learn & to Love Life

May 16, 2013
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I have been asked twice recently what or whom inspires me as both a person and a parent. It might sound silly but my two young children really are my inspiration. I love their joy, their laughter, their curiosity, and their enthusiasm; they truly embrace life with both arms outstretched, intrinsically motivated to explore, and [...]

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5 Simple Ideas for Making Another Mama’s Day

May 7, 2013
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“Somewhere along the way I seem to have lost the ability to put myself first, there is always something else that appears much more important – children, husband, school, housework, work, shopping, phone calls, emails… some days even finding enough time to just wash my hair is a struggle.” ~ 9 Ways to Find Moments [...]

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Virtual Book Club 101: Siblings Without Rivalry Sections 1 & 2

May 2, 2013
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This is the first meeting of the Childhood 101 virtual bookclub and our first book is Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (it’s not too late to join us, full details here). So I guess I’ll start! First up, I love how easy this book is to read. As a too busy, [...]

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Let’s Read & Learn Together: Siblings Without Rivalry

April 11, 2013
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I recently asked the Childhood 101 Facebook community if there was anyone interested in an online, virtual book club, reading together Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (published by W.W. Norton & Co, 2012). Thanks to the positive response I have ordered my copy and would like to invite all of you [...]

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Musings on Motherhood: The Second Time Around

April 4, 2013
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Sometimes I wonder if, as the firstborn, Immy got the best of me as a mama. I was a full-time, stay-at-home mum who enjoyed the luxury of little to think about beyond the needs of a tiny infant and, as we lived in a low maintenance, one bedroom apartment at the time, an even tinier household. [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: Surviving Life With a Velcro Baby

March 14, 2013
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Isn’t it funny how easily we forget so many of the more difficult bits of parenting a baby? At the moment AJ is exhibiting some pretty classic velcro baby symptoms. She just wants her Mum…All. Of. The. Time. Although she is now all about Daddy, I am sure Immy went through similar stages as a [...]

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You Are Your Child’s Strongest Advocate… Whatever Their Age

February 22, 2013
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Imagine this… From the time she started to learn to read your daughter has struggled, saying that the words jump around the page. This affects her learning in so many ways and it is five school years and numerous school teachers, specialists and tutors, before she is finally diagnosed with a problem focusing. She requires [...]

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