Within this section you can find tips and advice on parenting, postnatal depression, fathers, birthday parties and the first few weeks with your newborn.
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Birthday Parties
All you need to know about birthday parties from planning to handling bad behaviour.
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Casual Remarks
About parents comments and how they affect the kids, ages 3 and up by Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Hidden Messages and Perfect Parenting.
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Daddy, play with me!
About spending time with your kids, parents of ages 1-10 by Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Hidden Messages and Perfect Parenting.
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Depleted Mother Syndrome
Parenting brings many gifts. But parenting also has many costs. Stress is cumulative, and over time we feel more and more ground down. Dr Rick Hanson, Ph.D believes that many women experience a clinical syndrome after a child that goes well beyond postpartum depression.
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Fathers
Eight things women can do to get fathers more involved.
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Teaching Good Manners
Good manners are a very important key to your child’s social success, but no child is born with good manners. Teaching them is a parents responsibility.
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New Baby
About introducing siblings to a new baby, for parents of children aged up to 5 years old by Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Hidden Messages and Perfect Parenting.
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Parenting Plan
Raising children is a complicated job. There are times when every parent and caregiver can use some help. Try these Perfect Parenting Keys to help you get through the day-to-day issues you face with your children.
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Parenting Personality
Discovering your parenting personality by Janet Levine, author of Know Your Parenting Personality.
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Parent Talk
How to talk to your child in language that builds self-esteem and encourages responsibility.
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Postnatal Depression
The sheer physical tiredness and emotional upheaval can leave new mums feeling weepy and worn out at a time when they had hoped to be fulfilled and happy. But to what extent is feeling low 'normal' and when does it become postnatal depression?
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Role Model
Many parents today really try to be better parents than their parents were. They attempt to be there for their children - to listen to them, support them, spend time with them, as well as hold and nurture them. What kind of role model are you?
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Seen and Heard
A new report, called “Seen and Heard 2”, demonstrates the benefits of listening to children and young people. The report, now in its second year, has already proved hugely successful in drawing public attention to what can happen as a result of young people's ideas being heard and acted upon. This year's report is a collection of 15 case studies, which shows young people from across the UK speaking up on topics from bullying to sex education, from transport to foster care, and from youth crime to better policing.
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Step Parenting
Smoothing the Step-Parenting Transition. What should stepparents-to-be discuss before jumping into a second or third marriage?
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Vacation Anxiety
From school year to summer vacation. How to handle vacation anxiety.
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