A Season of Magic, Wonder and Family Traditions
The festive season is here. Even though we don’t celebrate Christmas in a traditional way, we’ve created our own family traditions that make this time of year magical.
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Beauty Influencers, Drunk Elephant, and the Wild West of TikTok
To empower girls, we must help them understand marketing, authenticity, and self-acceptance. The greatest lesson is that true beauty is being unapologetically oneself
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From Cozy to Creepy: Discovering Your Child’s Halloween Style
When the Halloween experience feels safe and voluntary, fictional fear, like monsters, eerie costumes, or suspenseful stories, can help kids build emotional resilience.
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Learning 2 Learn
Strong maths foundations build confidence, independence, and logical thinking, the skills that help children learn anything they wish throughout their lives.
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Who doesn’t love applause? | Drama Classes for Neurodivergent Kids
Shy kid terrified of attention could become actor thanks to drama. And benefits of acting classes are big, especially to ADHD kids, it’s focus, freedom, fun & the joy of being seen.
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Trigger warning: death, cruelty, and controversy
Discussion about ‘trigger warnings’ led by the director of Performing Arts Academy in Cheshire. Should we credit our children and ourselves with some robustness and give the trigger warnings a miss?
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The One and Only
Individuality is an interesting concept. We are constantly fed inspirational quotes telling us to make our own way in life, but of course at the same time we must conform to society’s many rules and boundaries.
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You’ll thank me in the long run…
Our aim is to introduce the performing arts to children, to build confidence and self-reliance, creativity and adaptability – all traits needed in later life within their professional and social futures.
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Is it a smart move to ditch the ‘smart’ phone?
77% of parents of primary age children back a ban on smartphones for under-16s, 83% say that smartphones are harmful to children, and 96% think the minimum age for social media should be 16 rather than 14.
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Mind Your Manners
Manners are essential, and we react negatively when people don’t display them. As a parent, I would prefer my children to be polite and well behaved in public and in school, and save any bad behaviour for home.
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Preparing Today’s Children for Tomorrow
Early Years professionals are calling for active outdoor play to be prioritised and more time spent in nature – particularly wild countryside – to address concerns about children’s mental health issues.
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