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How to explain the COVID-19 pandemic to your children Mar 23, 2020: An education charity, City Lit, shares guidance on how parents, teachers and guardians can explain COVID-19 to children to help reduce anxiety.

How to Help Your Autistic Child Feb 15, 2020: Children with autism can do things a little differently, and it may take some time to learn new skills. Or, they can learn certain things within the expected timeframe, but begin to lose the skills and knowledge later on. These are some of the key challenges parents of autistic children face. The important milestones that can differ for a child with autism include social, emotional, communication, cognitive and motor skills among others. But with the right care and support, a child with autism can gain important skills necessary to get through life. Emily Roberts give some key tips that can be helpful in propelling an autistic child’s growth.

Working as a Consultant Offers a Balance Between Career & Parenting Feb 7, 2020: Whilst your career may have been your main focus pre-parenthood, you’ll take on another important role when you have a child. Many working parents struggle to find the right balance. When you’re at home, you may be worried about your growing workload and, when you’re in the office, you may feel guilty that you’re not with your children. If you want to create the perfect balance between career and parenting, take a look at these top flexible job roles.

Self-Therapy for Anxious New Mums Jan 6, 2020: Dr Ivy Ge, author of The Art of Good Enough: The Working Mom's Guilt-free Guide to Thriving While Being Imperfect, gives some valuable advice to anxious new mums.

How to safeguard your student studying abroad Dec 12, 2019: So, you have saved the money necessary for your child’s college education throughout the years, and your son or daughter has studied diligently for this opportunity. Now that the date is almost here for your precious child to leave home and go to university for a higher education from a prestigious institution such as the Universidade de Lisboa, the question is, have you covered all the basics to ensure your child’s safety abroad? asks Emily Roberts.

How to build your child's maths confidence Nov 14, 2019: This week is Maths Week, which aims to provide young people in England with a positive image of mathematics and contribute to changing the national attitude towards the vital and beautiful subject. To encourage confidence and a love of maths amongst young people Charlotte Gater, Head of Curriculum at Explore Learning, has come up with her top tips to help parents build their child’s maths confidence at home.

Why Will No One Play With Me? by Caroline Maquire Oct 14, 2019: Why Will No One Play With Me? author, parenting and social skills expert Caroline Maquire introduces the Play Better Plan to Help Kids Make Friends and Thrive.

Are you teaching your children bad habits at mealtimes? Oct 9, 2019: Research from leading Scandinavian nursery brand Stokke recently found that just half of us typically enjoy family mealtimes at the dinner table, Charlotte Stirling-Reed, a specialist in child nutrition working to help families create healthier and happier mealtimes, reveals the bad habits that we are teaching our children at mealtimes and how to do things right.

What to do if your child's exam results are unexpected Aug 12, 2019: The route to success: four top tips for when your child’s exam results are unexpected by Samrita Hayer Careers Adviser at the National Careers Service Exam Results Helpline.

How to Create the Perfect Shared Bedroom Jun 28, 2019: Joy Richards at Happy Beds shares her top tips for parents to create a perfect shared bedroom for their children.

Best Ways to Teach Generosity to Your Child Jan 31, 2019: It can be challenging to raise a generous child in today's world, which is mostly filled with adolescents who have a "self first" mindset. But this is also precisely what makes this virtue all the more important. When kids are taught to be generous at a young age, they will adopt this attitude all their life. With that in mind here are five top tips to teach generosity to your child.

The Importance of Bedtime Stories Jan 26, 2019: A recent survey by tonies®, an intuitive audio system for children, finds that 70 per cent of kids find it hard to fall asleep at night, with the average child waking up in the night five times a month. During National Storytelling Week, child psychologist Dr Kairen Cullen explains why storytelling is so crucial to the bedtime routine for children and parents alike.

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