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Activity, Anxiety, Children, Emotions, Experiences, Family, Parenting, Relax Gail Smith 4/6/20 Activity, Anxiety, Children, Emotions, Experiences, Family, Parenting, Relax Gail Smith 4/6/20

Emptiness can be a virtue

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Anxiety, Behaviour, Children, Emotions, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 30/5/20 Anxiety, Behaviour, Children, Emotions, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 30/5/20

If it all gets too much!

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Anxiety, Behaviour, Emotions, Family, Father, Parenting, Mother Gail Smith 19/5/20 Anxiety, Behaviour, Emotions, Family, Father, Parenting, Mother Gail Smith 19/5/20

The power of simply walking away

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Activity, Children, Communication, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting, Values Gail Smith 5/5/20 Activity, Children, Communication, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting, Values Gail Smith 5/5/20

Have you thought about designing a family Mission Statement?

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Behaviour, Children, Family, Negotiation, Parenting, Positive Behaviour Gail Smith 19/4/20 Behaviour, Children, Family, Negotiation, Parenting, Positive Behaviour Gail Smith 19/4/20

Growing up in a generation where it is all about me

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Children, Emotions, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 13/4/20 Children, Emotions, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 13/4/20

Keeping you the parent well and healthy makes for a happier child

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Anxiety, Communication, Children, Family, Parenting, Worry Gail Smith 31/3/20 Anxiety, Communication, Children, Family, Parenting, Worry Gail Smith 31/3/20

Isolation and being at a distance - what does that mean?

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Activity, Children, Experiences, Family, Parenting Julie Merrett 25/3/20 Activity, Children, Experiences, Family, Parenting Julie Merrett 25/3/20

Crazy creative ideas for long stays at home.

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Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Finding Help, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Worry Julie Merrett 19/3/20 Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Finding Help, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Worry Julie Merrett 19/3/20

Let’s take away the fear and replace it with positive thinking.

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Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Mother, Parenting, Father Gail Smith 15/3/20 Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Mother, Parenting, Father Gail Smith 15/3/20

How to stop the worry with issues like coronavirus.

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Children, Communication, Experiences, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 10/3/20 Children, Communication, Experiences, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 10/3/20

Teaching children about themselves.

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Activity, Behaviour, Children, Family, Father, Mother, Negotiation, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving Gail Smith 8/1/20 Activity, Behaviour, Children, Family, Father, Mother, Negotiation, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving Gail Smith 8/1/20

Teaching about cooperation

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childcare, Children, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 27/12/19 childcare, Children, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 27/12/19

Letting the village teach your child

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childcare, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Memories Gail Smith 19/12/19 childcare, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Memories Gail Smith 19/12/19

It’s all about the spirit of Christmas and that is where we find our Santa.

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Children, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting, Starting School, childcare Julie Merrett 1/12/19 Children, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting, Starting School, childcare Julie Merrett 1/12/19

Child care verses home care before school commences for the child

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Children, Family, Parenting, Relax Gail Smith 28/11/19 Children, Family, Parenting, Relax Gail Smith 28/11/19

What’s wrong with a little downtime in our life?

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Activity, Children, Family, Memories, Parenting Gail Smith 20/11/19 Activity, Children, Family, Memories, Parenting Gail Smith 20/11/19

The importance of Rituals in family life.

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Activity, Children, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Memories, Mother, Parenting, Father Gail Smith 10/11/19 Activity, Children, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Memories, Mother, Parenting, Father Gail Smith 10/11/19

Our children can teach us so much.

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Activity, Children, Communication, Family, Negotiation, Parenting Gail Smith 4/11/19 Activity, Children, Communication, Family, Negotiation, Parenting Gail Smith 4/11/19

The value of putting structure into a child’s life

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Anxiety, Children, Emotions, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 27/10/19 Anxiety, Children, Emotions, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting Gail Smith 27/10/19

Being the best you can is often enough as a parent.

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You have produced a book that contains specific ways in helping young children, families, teachers, and others toward the goal of raising happy children.
I find it a reminder for adults to take a look at ourselves and revue the lessons we may have forgotten in the turmoil of living.
Wise and well done, Gail.

Nadine M