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5 Gentle Messages For Our Teens

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Friendship Skills Must be Taught Not Cau...

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13 Top Tips For Parenting During Exams

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Talking to Kids About Las Vegas

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This Is Why Our Kids Are So Anxious

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Top 10 Internet Safety Tips For Parents

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Does Your Home Promote Resilience?

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Turn This Hell Week into Highlight Week!

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Healthy Friendship Manifesto for Kids

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Understanding How To Help An Angry Child

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Awe makes kids more generous, empathetic, and content: 5 ways to help find more awe

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Last summer I was alone on a remote beach in WA, on a stupid hot day. While I was sitting in the...

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Teach consent and respectful relationships in everyday, little moments

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At school today I was watching a drama teacher and her class choreographing a fight scene for a...

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7 keys to a powerful relationship with your child’s school

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When we were kids, schools tended to communicate with parents at report time and if something went...

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Three of the most significant mistakes our teenagers are making

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If I had my time again, I’d make more mistakes. Living and working with teenagers means constantly...

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How to teach kids not to quit, even when failure hurts

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Hannah is 14-year-old, and one of my favourite young people. She has the rare ability to connect...

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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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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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