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Parenting | How to be more socially engaged

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It’s not always easy for parents, especially those parenting alone or with little expendable income, to establish or maintain a reasonable level of social engagement. Parent who are socially engaged generally have higher levels of self esteem. Maintaining your self esteem can help you to feel more comfortable in social situations and enable you to […]

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Parenting | Establishing family rituals

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A family ritual, or tradition, is a practice within a family that has special meaning to family members. Family rituals provide a sense of belonging and continuity. They bring families closer together. It is often hard in our day and age to escape the pressures and daily stresses that make up our lives but having rituals […]

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Parenting | Your newly confident five-year-old

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It is amazing to look back after your child’s first year in school and see how they have grown in confidence. However, along with this new found confidence comes a good dose of cheekiness. They have truly found their voice and will no longer conform. Now, when you ask them to tidy their room you […]

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Parenting | Teenagers and Summer Break

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Summer can be a challenging time for one-parent families. When you have young teenagers at home and they’re off for three months, they need to be supported to be independent yet still monitored and cared for. For many parents, this has to be done while working a full-time job, providing care or other responsibilities which […]

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Parenting | Teenagers and part-time jobs

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Getting a job as a teenager is an invaluable life-experience, along with being an exercise in independence. It can be an opportunity for them to learn essential skills, such as communicating with strangers, professionalism, self-motivation, managing responsibility, along with the reward of financial payment for their efforts and how to budget and manage their money. […]

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