Blog Category: Early Years, Babies & Toddlers
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The real truth about transitioning into pre-primary in Western Australia
“Children who are pushed too much, too soon, have a much higher chance of ...
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Top Tips: Resources for supporting autistic kids
With the help of our online community, we’ve compiled an extensive list of resources to ...
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Helping our kids master disappointment
Some years seem to be just full of disappointment. Take those pandemic years for example. ...
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Why parenting is really all about neuroplasticity
When our precious babies are born, their brains are full of neurons with no connectors. ...
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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world
Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...
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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!
I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...
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Taming the parental busy bug
“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...
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Smart parenting: helping your child grow an amazing brain
From the time a baby’s head travels through the birth canal, the brain is being ...
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The incredibly simple secret to making mornings in your house more harmonious
A guest post by Allison Davies I am definitely a crabby Mum first thing in ...
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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century
Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...
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Become an energy detective for your child
Every parent will struggle at times to maintain their energy levels in order to keep ...
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The exciting and often terrifying paradox of parenting
One of the most fabulous things about being a grandmother is that I get to ...
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Why we must prioritise play for today’s children and why we need to do it NOW
I have been writing and speaking about the importance of play in childhood for ...
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Does your son need more time before he starts school?
An extract from Maggie’s new book, Mothering Our Boys, on making the decision about whether ...
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5 tricky times in boyhood that every parent needs to understand
So often, as parents we find ourselves asking: What’s happening with my boy? Over ...
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Early years education is more than child’s play
Recently I discovered that in some states, early childhood educators with a four-year education degree ...
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Twelve top tips for those in toddler land
I often spend time with my grandchildren and it’s interesting to see how much toddlers ...
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Getting little ones ready for big school
Most academics and early years experts prefer to reframe “readiness” to mean transitioning into the ...