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Cotton Wool Kids

Childhood is changing. Anxious parents fear that modern Britain has never been a more dangerous place for children. They believe the greatest danger lurks outside the home. But as some families go to increasingly extreme lengths to keep their children safe, this Cutting Edge documentary explores the effect this is having on modern childhood.

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6 Parenting Tips for Taming Morning Mania

Beating the morning rush: Here are a few tips that can help you go from morning mania to something a bit less hectic.

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Stay-at-Home Moms vs. Working Moms

Kath­leen Leonard, a work­ing mom and life coach and Les­ley Pyle, the founder and pres­i­dent of home-based work­ing moms, dis­cuss this very impor­tant question…

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Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering

Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller-coaster!
The founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with [...]

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Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge

Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her ground-breaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life’s most valuable lesson: “I can.” Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.
The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an initiative to make [...]

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Getting back to nature is child’s play

Inner city families are being encouraged to get out into the green space on their doorstep
Schemes are growing up around the UK that seek to reconnect inner city children with nature by encouraging them to appreciate the bugs and birds on their doorstep.
“We want to let people know that they can just go outside [...]

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Our Best is Better Than We Think

This is truly and inspirational clip. If you ever feel like you can’t carry on, or just need a kick up the back-side, take seven minutes to watch this, and dig a little deeper…

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Aspire, Dream, Be Free and DO!

This is a well crafted short video that is an inspirational call to action. While you’re not expected to follow the same dream, you would be hard pressed to watch this and not feel the urge to do SOMETHING…
Watch, and tell us what you think…

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AMAZING technique to improve Empathic Listening

This is a very simple, but effective idea put forward superbly by Dr. Stephen R. Covey. I can’t say that I’m always able to pull it off effectively, but then you can never be on target if you don’t  have something to aim for…
Take three minutes and see what you think, let us know via [...]

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How To Improve Your Listening Skills When Communicating With Your Child

We regularly hear a lot about active listening an how it can help your business or relationship with your partner, but one area that doesn’t get as much attention as it should is how to LISTEN to your child. No just be heard, but actually listen actively yourself.
I know that the video below is just [...]

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