How connection before correction might work for you:
Calm your own expectations or fears (remember your child is imperfect just like you). Enter into your child's world, think about the experience from their point of view. Listen to what your child might have to say.
Focus on solutions and creating opportunities for children to learn how to make amends. Below I go into depth with...
Education law experts offer their advice ahead of the February 15th deadline
February 15th marks the official ‘Phase Transfer’ deadline – the date by which local councils must issue the updated Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for children who have them, naming the placement or type of school they should attend from September 2022.
Becoming a parent is a feeling like no other. While you stare into the eyes of your newly born child, your heart might feel like it could burst with joy. Moments of bliss with your child are endless, although they are sometimes accompanied by feelings of exhaustion.
This article will explore three ways you can adjust to life as a new parent. After all, caring for a child is...
Online retailer Studio reveals the latest trends for Valentine’s Day, as consumers shift away from romantic traditions
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of Valentine’s Day is ‘when it is traditional to send a card, often anonymously, to a person one is romantically involved with or attracted to.’
However, online retailer Studio has identified a number of...
Eligible children will be invited by the local NHS
Paediatricians in Devon have offered reassurance about the Covid-19 vaccination to children who have become eligible for the vaccine and to their parents.
Dr Corinne Hayes and Dr Emily Chesshyre, who are both paediatricians based at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, have recorded a short video explaining that the...
When was the last time you measured your child’s feet? If you’re like most parents and caregivers in the UK, it was probably a bit of an ordeal to get your child to stand still, let alone check they’re wearing the right size.
Shoe Zone recommends parents and caregivers check children’s shoes every six weeks to encourage good foot health and avoid foot pain caused by wearing the wrong...
State of the Nation report highlights positive impact of keeping schools open, with millions more to be invested in senior mental health lead training.
From: Department for Education , Department for Work and Pensions , Department of Health and Social Care , Will Quince MP , Gillian Keegan MP , The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP , and Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL
Plans confirmed for register of children not in school so no child can ‘fall through the cracks’
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP
Published 3 February 2022
New measures to make sure children are getting the quality of education they deserve are being announced today, as the government continues its drive to level up opportunities for every child...
Global publishers Bloomsbury and Twinkl to take children on a magical journey of reading for the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
With this year’s Harry Potter Book Night taking place on Thursday 3rd February 2022, Bloomsbury has teamed up with Twinkl to take children on a truly magical journey of reading. As 2022 marks 25 years since Harry Potter and the...
As a quick disclaimer, I should say that I am not a professional, a doctor or a psychiatrist., I am just a regular person, except I have accidently spent my entire life masking out of fear. I am now an adult (or 42-year-old child, whichever you prefer), and have only recently resurfaced from my lifelong personality projection.
It’s only since my four children, a nine-year-old, a...
