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After School Restraint Collapse: Why School Pick-Up Can Feel So Hard
You know that feeling - you’ve missed your child all day, you’re excited to see them at pick-up and then… meltdown. They’re crying about the wrong snack, refusing to get in the car or snapping at their sibling. You’re left wondering: What happened? Welcome to after school restraint collapse - a very normal, but often misunderstood, part of childhood.
Emma Christmas
Oct 102 min read
7 Things to Say and Do After School 📚
How many times has school pick up ended in tears, tantrums and too much tiredness? School is a full-on day right from the moment registration starts to the moment they walk out the door to go home. Your child is tired and hungry and they've missed you. But their behaviour doesn't often show this, does it? Here are 7 tips to make life easier for them (and you) for that after school period.
Emma Christmas
Sep 12, 20222 min read
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