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Achievement, Activity, Children, Communication, Decision Making, education, Family, Father, Independence, Learning, Mother, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving, tasks Gail Smith 19/7/21 Achievement, Activity, Children, Communication, Decision Making, education, Family, Father, Independence, Learning, Mother, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving, tasks Gail Smith 19/7/21

Teaching your children to be planners

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Activity, Behaviour, Communication, Education, Experiences, Family, Mother, Parenting, Values Gail Smith 17/7/21 Activity, Behaviour, Communication, Education, Experiences, Family, Mother, Parenting, Values Gail Smith 17/7/21

What is your cause and how do we pass it on to our children?

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school, Children, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting, Positive Behaviour Gail Smith 22/6/21 school, Children, Family, Father, Mother, Parenting, Positive Behaviour Gail Smith 22/6/21

What are we teaching our children?

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Children, Family, Mother, Parenting, school, Sports, School Sports, Sporting Club Gail Smith 21/6/21 Children, Family, Mother, Parenting, school, Sports, School Sports, Sporting Club Gail Smith 21/6/21

Giving sport a high profile

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Anxiety, Children, Covid19, education, Family, Parenting, school, Starting School Gail Smith 10/6/21 Anxiety, Children, Covid19, education, Family, Parenting, school, Starting School Gail Smith 10/6/21

Getting back to routine after lockdown

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Anxiety, Children, Covid19, Education, Family, Memories, Parenting Gail Smith 9/6/21 Anxiety, Children, Covid19, Education, Family, Memories, Parenting Gail Smith 9/6/21

8 quick tips to keep the mood positive in these tricky times

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Activity, Anxiety, Children, education, Emotions, Family, Learning, Mother, Parenting, school Gail Smith 26/5/21 Activity, Anxiety, Children, education, Emotions, Family, Learning, Mother, Parenting, school Gail Smith 26/5/21

A few thoughts on school in the month of May

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Activity, Anxiety, Children, Family, Parenting, Values Gail Smith 3/5/21 Activity, Anxiety, Children, Family, Parenting, Values Gail Smith 3/5/21

Can we slow down and smell the roses?

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Children, Communication, Experiences, Family, Happiness, Learning Gail Smith 7/4/21 Children, Communication, Experiences, Family, Happiness, Learning Gail Smith 7/4/21

How to learn about patience

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Activity, Children, Experiences, Family, Happiness, Laughter Gail Smith 29/3/21 Activity, Children, Experiences, Family, Happiness, Laughter Gail Smith 29/3/21

The value of leisure

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Children, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Parenting Gail Smith 15/3/21 Children, Family, Happiness, Laughter, Parenting Gail Smith 15/3/21

Celebrate: it’s a key player in setting life time standards

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Behaviour, Children, Communication, Family, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving, Problems Gail Smith 12/3/21 Behaviour, Children, Communication, Family, Parenting, Positive Behaviour, Problem Solving, Problems Gail Smith 12/3/21

Fight, flight or go with the flow.

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Behaviour, Anxiety, Children, Communication, Emotions, Family, Parenting, Problem Solving Gail Smith 16/2/21 Behaviour, Anxiety, Children, Communication, Emotions, Family, Parenting, Problem Solving Gail Smith 16/2/21

Sometimes it’s best to just go with the flow

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Children, Education, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 22/1/21 Children, Education, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 22/1/21

Back to school and living the new norm

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Anxiety, Children, Communication, Emotions, Family Gail Smith 10/12/20 Anxiety, Children, Communication, Emotions, Family Gail Smith 10/12/20

Are we expecting too much?

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Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 19/11/20 Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 19/11/20

As we anticipate the end of the year

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Parenting, Family Gail Smith 12/11/20 Parenting, Family Gail Smith 12/11/20

Providing balance to your child’s life.

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Anxiety, Children, Communication, Education, Family, Emotions Gail Smith 27/10/20 Anxiety, Children, Communication, Education, Family, Emotions Gail Smith 27/10/20

SO, WE ARE ALL BACK IN ACTION!

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Activity, Children, Communication, Family, Experiences, Memories, Parenting Gail Smith 7/8/20 Activity, Children, Communication, Family, Experiences, Memories, Parenting Gail Smith 7/8/20

Let’s understand the value of our unique time together.

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Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 30/6/20 Anxiety, Children, Communication, Family, Parenting Gail Smith 30/6/20

The changing nature of families

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You have produced a book that contains specific ways in helping young children, families, teachers, and others toward the goal of raising happy children.
I find it a reminder for adults to take a look at ourselves and revue the lessons we may have forgotten in the turmoil of living.
Wise and well done, Gail.

Nadine M