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  Terrible Twos: Mixing it up

  Mar 8th, 2012

  I find it so lovely observing Ruby piece the world together bit by bit. Rather like in the film,...

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  Things I wish my mother had told me - and what I should tell my daughter

  I wish my mother had told me that she was still learning, and simply doing her best. It might have...

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  Achtung Baby: Fine art

  Sep 11th, 2011

  Finje appears to be going through a "Tortured Artist" stage at the moment. Having previously shown...

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  Is your child late to talk?

  Jul 28th, 2011

  Is your child late to talk? Doesn't understand simple instructions? Doesn't listen? Doesn't seem to...

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  Decoding your child's school report: Our guide to National Curriculum primary school...

  Just got your child's school report? Flummoxed by all those National Curriculum numbers and...

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  Terrible Twos: What goes on in that little head?

  Feb 16th, 2011

  The absolutely glorious thing about having a two-year-old is that with their increasing ability to ...

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  Surviving Teenagers or Why I'm permanently confused

  Feb 14th, 2011

  It's very confusing, living with teenagers. My 16-year-old daughter went out the other day with ...

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  Why we need to teach our children compassion and kindness

  Jan 18th, 2011

  Compassion. Benevolence. Humaneness. Empathy. Basic kindness. All attributes we would hope to ...

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  Surviving Teenagers or Why you can't understand what they're saying

  Nov 22nd, 2010

  Teenagers have their own language. Even if you try to learn it, you're doomed, because all the words ...

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