How to Help Your Child Keep Friends: Simple Tips for Parents
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How to Help Your Child Keep Friends: Simple Tips for Parents

Friendships are a big part of growing up. They help kids feel happy, supported, and confident. But keeping friends takes effort, and it’s not always easy. With a little guidance from you, your child can learn how to build lasting friendships and navigate social ups and downs.

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Understanding Your Child’s Weekly Challenges at School And How You Can Help
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Understanding Your Child’s Weekly Challenges at School And How You Can Help

As a parent, understanding what your child faces at school can help you provide meaningful support at home. Here’s a guide to some common challenges children encounter and simple actionable ways to help them thrive.

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Helping Your Child Navigate Friendships and Challenges
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Helping Your Child Navigate Friendships and Challenges

Navigating friendships, forming them, losing them, and finding new ones is a natural part of childhood and essential for social and emotional growth. Here are five impactful ways parents can guide their children in fostering strong, healthy friendships and overcoming the challenges that come with them.


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Developing good mental health in your child
Behaviour, Children, Confidence, Communication, Emotions, Family, Happiness, meditation, Mental Support, Mindfulness, Parenting, Role model, Self Confidence, Support, Well being Gail Smith Behaviour, Children, Confidence, Communication, Emotions, Family, Happiness, meditation, Mental Support, Mindfulness, Parenting, Role model, Self Confidence, Support, Well being Gail Smith

Developing good mental health in your child

Building a strong foundation for your child's mental health starts with ensuring they feel safe and happy. Discover practical tips to nurture their well-being during those crucial early years. Gail Smith shares some suggestions to help your child thrive emotionally and mentally.

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How to understand how friendship works with your child
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How to understand how friendship works with your child

A child often learns the hard way what really defines a friend and it is our job as parents to gently ease them through this process. It is not our role to choose friends for them or to simply approve of the ones we like. Remember it is their exploratory journey to find out what best kind of friendship works for them. Read here for some different ways to help them navigate friendships.

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