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A fix that works for kids suffering with anxiety

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Watching your child battle with anxiety is deeply uncomfortable and exhausting. You are constantly...

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Why Do Parents And Teachers Find It So Hard To Work Together?

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A good teacher-parent relationship is essential in the education of our children. Yet, we often...

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How to teach kids to be more empathetic and less entitled

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I’ve just received an email from the mum of a young girl who has obsessive-compulsive disorder....

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Friendship Lessons from a Fishbowl

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Teaching students about healthy friendship is inherently difficult. We are asking them to...

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6 Battles Worth Having with Your Kids This Year

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“Choose your battles wisely.” It is sage advice, particularly when parenting children...

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How to respond when your child is anxious about challenges at school

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When I was 13 years old, I had to present an Australian ballad to my English class for assessment....

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Boosting Boys’ Education: 11 ways to get boys reading

by Linda Stade | | Boys, Learning, Parenting | 0 |

You may have heard of ‘the million-word gap’. It is the idea that if you read five picture books a...

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Linda Stade is an educator, writer, speaker, and consultant in Western Australia. She works with parents and teachers to help grow happy, healthy kids who thrive on learning. [email protected]

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