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Pushing Wood with Grandma By David Plummer
When I tell friends that I teach chess many say, ‘I wish I had learned as a youngster but I guess it’s too late now’, or ‘It’s too complicated I don’t have the brains or patience’.
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15 tips for emotional well-being for Mental Health Awareness week
As it is Mental Health Awareness Week here are 15 tips for emotional well-being by John-Paul Davies
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Creating Independence
Independence is a big buzz in school and parenting circles. I have noticed that parents often feel pressure to prove how independent their children are, even as they hover over them, prompting their actions and ideas, and looking to successful goals achieved, arbitrary milestones reached or tasks managed to demonstrate their child’s independence. But is that independence?