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Relationship in Sixty
Why cutting your credit card in half
minutes!
can save your marriage [or
relationship] and How divorce will T
he Children’s Laureate, Michael
Morpurgo, has said that many teachers
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ixty minutes of laughter, tears affect your children. are failing to enthuse their pupils with a love
and honesty. This life of reading. He and some friends have come
changing book should be …and, if you only have up with a list of 10 books they think would
compulsory reading for every Sixty Seconds… make good starting points for enthusing
couple.” These are Steve children. Parents may like to try reading aloud
Chalke’s words on the Sixty The book has a number of Sixty some of these books to their children:
Minute Marriage by Rob Parsons. The book Second pages. Here’s a sample:
offers down-to-earth advice for couples THE GRUFFALO
(married and unmarried). Topics include: Are ❤ The first duty of love is to listen. by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (3+)
affairs good for a marriage? How to deal ❤ Criticise less. Discover the power of praise.
with a partner who just won’t talk things ❤ Be the first to say sorry. GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
❤ People need loving the most when they by Roald Dahl (6+)
deserve it the least.
Calling all Working Parents ❤ Trouble comes when we want our partner THE SHEEP-PIG by Dick King-Smith (6+)
W
ant to have the opportunity to be a to become somebody they cannot be.
stay-at-home parent? Ricochet ❤ Hold hands more often. JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA
(www.ricochet.co.uk) is making another series by Eva Ibbotson (8 to 12)
of ‘Who Rules the Roost?’ for the BBC and is NFF has two copies to give away. See page
looking for UK based families where both 23 for details of how to apply.G NORTHERN LIGHTS
parents work full-time outside the home. The by Philip Pullman (10+)
series gives each parent the chance to try out
being a stay-at-home parent for a limited Naughty becomes nice MONTMORENCY by Eleanor Updale (10+)
period of time. G
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s your child antisocial and badly behaved? GOODNIGHT, MR TOM
Good news from Australia, where a by Michelle Magorian (10+)
research project suggests that three-quarters
of children showing problem behaviour at 11 TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN
(being uncooperative, lacking concentration, by Philippa Pearce (10+)
hyperactive) go on to become well-adjusted
by the age of 18. The research also showed KIT’S WILDERNESS
that strong parenting and good schooling by David Almond (11+)
were vital in overcoming early problems.
THE RATTLE BAG selected by Seamus
Pre-teens behaving badly - what can you do? Heaney and Ted Hughes (0 to 100)
Visit www.raisingkids.co.uk G
Available from all good bookshops or try
www.amazon.co.uk You could even try
borrowing these from your local library.G
Kids spell ‘love’ T.I.M.E. not G.I.F.T.
Remember – however hard you try, things will always go wrong.
Life is short, so don’t waste it.
The only place you are really indispensable is at home.
Book an evening each week to ‘waste’ time with your kids.
For more Top Tips, information, advice and resources visit the Parentalk website at
www.parentalk.org.uk
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