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The Power of Presence: Make Every Moment Count

In a world buzzing with distractions and to-do lists, the true treasures often lie in the moments we carve out ...
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It’s just a matter of discipline

The word discipline is usually synonymous with severity, harshness, strictness, corporal punishment and all negative and extreme reactions to children's ...
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Planning for a new school year

Once vacation is over there is a new school year to consider. A few tips here and there from others ...
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Free activities for our kids this summer

Summer time is here in all its blazing glory! And with long days to accompany it, one just has to ...
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Dealing with the fear of big numbers

Most people will shun away from anything mathematically related. For some it can be severe enough to be labelled a ...
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Benefits of the protege effect

One of the things I feared as a homeschooling mum was dealing with kids of different ages at once. I ...
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How to not fail financially

Financial matters are uncharted territories for me. But of late as the kids are growing up, I can’t ignore the ...
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Being mum is my superpower

So this other day I had had it up to here with the one word that keeps being shouted in ...
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How to deal with an uncontrollable child

Parenting is one of the toughest jobs on earth; judgement for a child's behavior, or lack thereof, is on you ...
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The missing link: quality sleep

Often when we look at a child's education we mainly focus on the curriculum or what a school offers. For ...