Michelle Woo
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What to Say to Little Kids Instead of ‘Say Sorry’
4When touring different preschools for my daughter, I visited one where I got to observe the kids playing on the playground. While climbing the ladder on the slide, a little boy accidentally stepped on a little girl’s finger, and she started crying. What happened next left me astounded. The boy, who was three, went up…
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Why You Should Consider Spacing Out Your Parental Leave
You should configure your parental leave in a way that makes sense for you and your family. You need flexibility when you can take it, and spacing it out can be beneficial for everyone involved. This might mean taking a month before your child’s birth, and another month in three months time.
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Make Frozen Teethers With Baby Food Pouches
We are at a stage with our infant son where every unexplained expression of discontentment is met with the question: “Do you think he’s teething?” Right now, it’s likely that he is. He’s drooly and a little fussy, and whenever I let him feel the “cold” of a canned beverage straight out of the fridge,…
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Teach Your Kid That Every Task Has A Beginning, Middle And End
If I’m trying to help my six-year-old daughter Maggie become a more organised thinker, my instruction seems to be coming too late. “There are board game pieces everywhere,” I’ll tell her, having noticed the scene hours after she’s fled it and moved onto three different activities. As someone who currently has bookmarks in about seven…