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Read more about the article Let the kids be bored

Let the kids be bored

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:January 7, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Creativity/Parenting

If you're a parent on social media you've probably seen those articles or blog posts that are meant to tug at your heart strings.  The ones that say, "the dishes…

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Read more about the article Let’s stop asking “what do you want to be when you grow up?”

Let’s stop asking “what do you want to be when you grow up?”

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:August 29, 2018
  • Post category:Blog/Parenting

Hey, look, another blog post (I know, it's been a while)!  Life has been busy, busy, busy, but fun.  I've been writing, rebuilding my web-design business and teaching dance.  And…

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Read more about the article Play with your words

Play with your words

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:November 22, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Parenting

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bugs bite... Do you do wordplay with your children? I lasso you... I label you... I link you... I list you... Oh, I…

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Read more about the article Encouraging Creativity to Blossom

Encouraging Creativity to Blossom

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:November 13, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Parenting

I attended an event over the weekend that was run by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. One of the topics that came up in presentation and in…

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Read more about the article Helping your perfectionist child with creative writing

Helping your perfectionist child with creative writing

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:September 10, 2017
  • Post category:Parenting

A mother in a Facebook group recently asked for tips to help her perfectionist nine-year-old boy with his creative writing - to overcome his fears and get his ideas down on paper. This…

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Read more about the article Getting Organised with Sensory Kids

Getting Organised with Sensory Kids

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:May 11, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Parenting

I've been a bit quiet this week, on the blog and in my writing.  I managed to submit a handful of manuscripts to two competitions early last week and so…

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Read more about the article Surviving Term Two with Young Children

Surviving Term Two with Young Children

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:April 29, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Children's books/Parenting

Summer has gone, the Easter Bunny has been, we've commiserated with the ANZACs and the excitement of a new year of school has long passed.  Our friends in the northern…

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Tell Stories

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:March 24, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Parenting

We had my parents over for lunch a few weeks ago.  My dad was telling jokes, the kind of “Dad” jokes that made me laugh as a kid.  My six-year-old son was…

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Parenting a child with Sensory Processing Disorder

  • Post author:pamela
  • Post published:April 21, 2016
  • Post category:Parenting

When my eldest son, now five, was born, I had very few expectations when it came to baby sleep, behaviour and developmental milestones.  He was a very alert baby, so…

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