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Parenting

Parenting can be lots of fun and incredibly rewarding; in many ways it's magical.  However, it can also be challenging and stressful at times. As children grow, the challenges parents face also change; the way we respond and nurture children in their early years will differ to how we would support a teenager.    

Sometimes, life changes can require us to adapt our approach and really unpick what is going on for our children (or ourselves) and think about our approaches to parenting afresh; for example, the arrival of a new baby sibling, moving house or starting school - all wonderful things, but they can sometimes effect children in ways we were not anticipating.   

There is a wealth of information online to support your parenting by offering tips and strategies to use if you find yourself in need of some inspiration.   

Family Lives

Family Lives is a website which offers free course and / or advice on some common areas, such as supporting sibling arguments, raising confident children, new baby in the family, making friends, morning routines, challenging behaviour and much, much more.