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Parents: Did YOU make the Commitment or did THEY?
When Mr Hare was four and some months old, I shocked the other members of our coffee group by removing him from a music class – half way through a term. The general thought was: how would he ever learn … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment
Tagged boundary, children, commitment, discipline, executive function, follow-through, mature, music practice, self-discipline
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Preparing for Real Life – Mindful Disconnection Pt Seven(!)
We all know them: the bright high-achievers who bomb-out once they leave school. We all know the others: the bright hard-working early high-achievers who never seem to reach their potential once they’re away from home. We all know the ones … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Education, Home Environment, Parenting Styles, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged academic achievement, academic panic, behaviour, child, children, chores, clever kids who fail, communication, emotion, emotional intelligence, executive function, family, imagination, kids, maturity, memory, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, play, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, sociology, teaching kids to plan, understand people, visualisation
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Parents: Free Play Matters – Mindful Disconnection – Pt Six
After all the discussion about toxic people vs great people having toxic moments in a recent post, I’m ready for something a little less heavy! (As great as it was to having everyone’s input.) While this isn’t the post I … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Self-Esteem?
Tagged behaviour, child, children, communication, decision making, emotion, executive function, family, free play, free range kids, free range learning, kids, learning, maturity, mindful disconnection, parenting, play, problem solving, psychology, raise, risk, risk-taking, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, temperament, understand people
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