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How to Help your Kids Deal with Anger & Negativity
Continue ReadingAs a parent, you’re probably juggling a number of tasks every day – household chores, work, your kid’s schedule, his meals and raising him to be a healthy, happy and successful adult. While temper tantrums are common, frequent anger outburst and negative thinking aren’t, and if left ignored, could affect your kid’s psychological development and […]
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Parenting Dilemma 101: Telling Tales/Being a Snitch
Continue ReadingThis is a parenting issue which has come up a number of times in our family and I honestly still don’t know what the best answer is. A bit of background All four of our Beans are very righteous, if they see someone doing something ‘wrong’ then they will be only too keen to point […]
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How can Motivation Maps help your children? Special offer until 31st May 2017
Continue ReadingParenting is a constant task of guessing and calculating what to do with your little people, second-guessing what they are thinking and what methods of parenting will work best. When that cute little bundle of joy arrives in your life, they don’t come with a handbook tied to their foot, it’s just a case of […]
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What do you do when you know your child keeps telling lies to you?
Continue ReadingI completely understand that telling lies is part and parcel of a child’s development and growth but that doesn’t mean it’s an easy pill to swallow. I really do my absolute best to try to bring my children up to be honest, caring and good children but somewhere along the way we seemed to have […]
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Could Little Bean’s eating habits be affecting her behaviour?
Continue ReadingTo say that Little Bean’s behaviour is a challenge of late would be a HUGE understatement. It’s rather like living with Jekyll and Hyde some days, one minute she can be the sweetest, kindest little girl and a pleasure to spend time with and in the next second she reminds me of the devil child […]
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A lesson taught?
Continue ReadingAfter school pick-up I needed to pop to the supermarket to collect a few bits for the children’s tea. As usual the tiddlers weren’t behaving impeccably (when will I ever learn to go to the supermarket whilst they aren’t with me???) so when we finally made it to the cashiers I told the tiddlers to […]
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Is it because I’m a stay at home Mum?
Continue ReadingIs it because I’m a stay at home Mum? That’s the question that has been spinning around in my head for the past couple of months. I know we’ve had a busy few months with Little Bean starting school and the arrival of Jelly Bean. I get that these are big events in the life […]
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A new strategy . . .
Continue ReadingIf you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got! I don’t actually know who originally said that but its true you know. I am currently trying to find new ways of dealing with Little Bean’s behaviour as it is spiraling out of control. In the past couple of weeks […]
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Let the countdown begin!!
Continue ReadingAs you are aware i have been having issues with Little Bean and her behaviour just recently. Today whilst at the supermarket to buy ingredients to do baking she yet again ran off and didn’t listen to me calling her. She didn’t look where she was going and nearly knocked an old lady over. I […]
