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		<title>A Fathers’ Perspective on Play by An Ageing Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A father with adult children reflects on the importance of play and laments on his missed opportunity. He felt confident in engaging in sporting activities but not in "play." It is not too late for fathers and grandfathers to make that special relationship through play and to become an integral part of their childhood. ]]></description>
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		<title>Adults Can Support Positive Learning And Developmental Thinking in Young Children.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents sometimes underrate the importance of play and their role in it. Children do not automatically know how to play. Nor do they automatically make sense of their world on their own. They need adults to help make sense of their world and later they need adults to allow them the opportunity to reshape the adult thinking and to fly on their own.]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of the Adult in a Child’s Play Environment.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ To educate the whole child we need to bring people, especially family, back into their lives. Children need adults as sounding boards and conversation facilitators. Family through play can help the child make sense of it's world. ]]></description>
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		<title>Find an hour daily to ensure your child feels the intimacy and safety of  a shared relationship with you. What happens today influences tomorrow.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruthie</dc:creator>
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		<title>How to Cope when Your Child is Totally Irrational. Replace Tantrums with Understanding.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The irrational tantrums of young children are well known to most parents. Restraint is a hard habit to acquire and to demonstrate regularly. How adults react when a child 'falls over the edge' in   emotional outbursts will help the development of restraint and regulation of emotions. Some key strategies are explored to support children develop understanding and positive emotional responses.]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Okay for Parents to Lose their Cool from Time to Time: It can be Used Successfully as a Way to Teach Restraint.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children learn restraint and its partner, respect for others needs through family relationships and parental modeling. Parents however do "fall over the edge" and react in a manner that is out of balance with what has happened. A parental outburst may be unfair or out of character but can be used positively to help children understand and learn restraint. Suggestions are offered to ensure positive outcomes in the face of parental outbursts.]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Your Child go: Giving Your Child Confidence:</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article discusses the importance of children making sound connections and attachments to both parents in early childhood. These connections ensure better relationships through infancy and adolescence. It nurtures the bond that allows both intimacy and the ability to become independent confidently. Three major supports are within the power of parents to help children gain a strong sense of self, resilience and confidence. ]]></description>
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		<title>No second guessing the future for our children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Hey!</em>

Do you know what lies ahead for your child?
Are you confident that what you are doing now is the support that will ensu&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Social and Emotional Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well grounded children have developed strong social and emotional skills. Parents can support the development of positive values.]]></description>
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		<title>Language Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aworldofplay.com.au/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Play and problem solving for the young child is language based, action oriented and visual. Language is a major key to all learning.]]></description>
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