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Development

Selective Mutism in Children: Understanding and Supporting a Quiet Child

Selective mutism is frequently misunderstood. Parents find it perplexing that the child who talks constantly at home is silent at nursery. Teachers so...

5 min read

Parenting

Homework Battles: Why They Happen and How to Defuse Them

The homework battle is recognisable in millions of households at 4pm: a tired child, a tired parent, a worksheet, and within ten minutes both people a...

9 min read

Emotions

Exam Stress in Teenagers: Understanding It and Supporting Them Through It

The run-up to GCSEs or A-levels produces some of the most concentrated stress that many teenagers will experience, and parents often feel unsure wheth...

6 min read

Health

Colour Blindness in Children: What It Means and How to Support Them

Colour blindness usually surfaces by accident. The child draws the sky in green and the grass in brown. They can't tell when a strawberry is ripe. The...

8 min read

Health

Auditory Processing Disorder in Children: What It Is and How It's Identified

Parents and teachers describing children with auditory processing disorder almost always land on the same sentence: "It's like he hears but he isn't l...

6 min read