Stop Blaming my iPhone
I was checking email on my phone the other day when, out of nowhere, something swooped by at lightning speed and ripped it out of my hands. They were so fast, I didn’t even see who it was.
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I was checking email on my phone the other day when, out of nowhere, something swooped by at lightning speed and ripped it out of my hands. They were so fast, I didn’t even see who it was.
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The results are in and you won’t believe who’s at the top of your child’s list of superheroes
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So, here’s my story. My son had a friend over for the day during the school holidays. We had agreed they would come to work with me in the morning and ride their scooters on the 5 acre property while I had some appointments. They were riding outside my reception area so I could keep
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We all know anger damages our relationships with our children, and impacts on their wellbeing. But how do we stay calm, soft-spoken, and positive when our children are driving us crazy?
Here are three simple ideas that can eradicate anger and help make your family happier
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To raise positive children, they need to feel safe. Our anger frightens our children.
So here are three ways to eradicate anger from our parenting and help our children feel safe and secure
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When my kids were small, they lived life blissfully unaware of any potential danger around them. They would run onto the road to chase a ball or climb a fence they had no way of getting down from. I worked really hard to keep them safe, and besides a few broken bones (which happened when
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Recently, we met some friends at a local area at Mermaid Beach called “The Marketta” I had never been there before, Kylie had been a few times. We won’t take that any further… Anyway, it’s a fun place in an old industrial area, that has been outfit with slightly alternative style clothing and craft shops,
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Raising children is the most underpaid job in the world, but it’s also the most important. We should define ourselves by the memories we create, NOT the dollars we make.
Before I had kids, I would have known exactly how to deal with this situation…
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Today I revisited my notes from a Compass Australia seminar where Nathan Wallis from XFactor Education in New Zealand was speaking. He is an expert in brain development and I found him extremely interesting. I took pages and pages of notes. In reviewing them, I circled several take-aways: When it comes to human behaviour 30% is
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