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This weeks highlights include:

Being a parent, our days are spent attending to the many needs of our children and we tend to neglect our own. It’s important to learn to also look out for ourselves! One way in doing that is investing into friendships. Our friends are there to support and encourage us along the parenting journey! Read this blog to learn why it’s important and what you can do.

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Dr Kristy Goodwin isn’t here to promote complete digital abstinence (she knows it’s unrealistic) but she does recommend avoiding screens at certain times of the day or implementing a screen swap (moving from a smartphone to a tv for e.g.) if you’re going to use a screen before school. Watch the Facebook video to find out more.

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Our school has signed up to this amazing resource so it is FREE for you as a parent of Fremantle Language Development Centre to use.

If you need or have misplaced your ParentTV school code please contact the office by phone: 9312 4850 or via email: Fremantle.LDC@education.wa.edu.au

This weeks highlights include:

In this video, Tina Payne Bryson explains how children are feeling less in control of their environment. She shares some insight into the importance of self-determination in our kids and how to help promote it. She breaks it into three parts, autonomy, confidence, and a sense of relatedness. Watch this video to learn more!

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Here are some great tips for finding a healthy balance and harmony in your home, particularly for sole parent households or households where one parent works away, and the children outnumber parents at home. 

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Parenting is hard enough let alone when you and your partner aren’t on the same page! In this informative webinar, Jason Gibson unpacks the challenges of parenting and provides strategies and practical ideas which will help parents come together even when you parent differently.

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Ever heard the saying, ‘I open my mouth and my mother comes out?’ (Even if you haven’t, I bet you can relate…). This is a fascinating, thought-provoking episode with Child Psychiatrist and parenting expert Dr Kaylene Henderson which aims to help us understand why we parent the way we do and why we should take the judgement out of parenting.

Our school has signed up to this amazing resource so it is FREE for you as a parent of Fremantle Language Development Centre to use.

If you need or have misplaced your ParentTV school code please contact the office by phone: 9312 4850 or via email: Fremantle.LDC@education.wa.edu.au

This weeks highlights include:

In this video, Behavioural Specialist, Jason Gibson, talks us through some areas of our kids’ and teens’ technology use that are important to put fences (boundaries) around.

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Parenting sometimes feels like a series of decisions, and some of them can be really hard to make. David Loyst and Vanessa talk about how to work out how you’re feeling and determine what’s right for you and your child.

Our school has signed up to this amazing resource so it is FREE for you as a parent of Fremantle Language Development Centre to use.

If you need or have misplaced your ParentTV school code please contact the office by phone: 9312 4850 or via email: Fremantle.LDC@education.wa.edu.au

This weeks highlights include:

We see a lot of research and attention around mental health which is so important. A lot of children between ages 4-17 experience a mental health condition and it’s imperative we continue to become aware of this issue. An important question is what can we do to help with our children’s mental health? Read this blog to learn more!

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Bullying is all about power and there are lots of things parents can do to make sure kids don’t give their’s up too easily.

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