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		<title>Helping a young child deal with new baby in the family</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/helping-a-young-child-deal-with-new-baby-in-the-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Twort</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After all the preparation for the new baby&#8217;s arrival, feeling Mummy&#8217;s tummy, listening to baby&#8217;s heartbeat and looking at the photos from the scan, choosing a name, getting the bedroom ready etc., the actual event of the baby being there all the time can be a bit of an anti-climax for an older sibling. 

What is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective Mutism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Twort</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[selective mutism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Guide to help professionals in school 
Selective mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder characterised by a child&#8217;s inability to speak in various social settings.  Usually these young people are able to speak to ‘selected&#8217; people such as close family members or special friends or whenever they feel secure, comfortable and relaxed.  The problem most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[extended family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[step brother]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[step dad]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[step family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Introducing a new partner to your children is often difficult, but it is much more difficult if the partner has children too. In the initial period things may seem to be going well as shared outings and treats are enjoyed but this may not last once the novelty has worn off.
Issues that affect the harmony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[bed wetting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nightmares]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[not sleeping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[restless nights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sleep problems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trouble sleeping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an ideal world, all children would climb happily into bed at the appointed hour, sleep through the night and wake up refreshed and ready to face the day in the morning. However, things don&#8217;t always work out that way and all too often children are still running around the house at ten thirty at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sibling Rivalry</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/sibling-rivalry/</link>
		<comments>http://childlight.co.uk/sibling-rivalry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[anger management for children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[attention seeking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children fighting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rivalry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sibling ribalry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[squabbling children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh no they’re at it again’ is a familiar cry in many households as parents face the unpalatable fact that brothers and sisters do not love (or even like) each other all of the time. It is important to accept that sibling rivalry is natural and normal and that you are not the only household [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self Harm</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/self-harm/</link>
		<comments>http://childlight.co.uk/self-harm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[attention seeking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cutting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emotional stress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self harm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self punishment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-inflicted wounds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[slicing wrists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Research by the Samaritans has shown that more than 1 in 10 adolescents have deliberately harmed themselves.  They also found that young people are more likely to self harm it if they have friends who have already done so.  This is how self-harming spreads through schools and becomes a ‘trend’; it can become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phobias</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/phobias/</link>
		<comments>http://childlight.co.uk/phobias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[exaggerated fear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fear of strangers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[phobias]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[school phobia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[simple relaxation exercise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tension]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fear is a natural response in everyone and keeps us from entering into dangerous situations.  However, when the fear is centred on objects, creatures or situations that cannot possibly harm us then we can be described as ‘phobic’.
Children have more fears and phobias than adults and tend to experience the emotion of them more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parental Separation and Divorce</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/parental-separation-and-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://childlight.co.uk/parental-separation-and-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[broken home]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parents splitting up]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The effect of parental separation on children can be catastrophic, whether it comes ‘out of the blue’ or if there has been conflict in the home before, during and after the separation.
A family break up is like bereavement and children often find it difficult to cope with the strong emotions that arise from such a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of Confidence</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/lack-of-confidence/</link>
		<comments>http://childlight.co.uk/lack-of-confidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bashfull]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clingy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cutting apron strings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[finding confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lack of confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Children who lack confidence can appear shy and may avoid social situations. They are often self-critical as well as self-conscious and tend to believe that other children are laughing at them or dislike them. As a result they withdraw from any experience or circumstance that might result in them feeling embarrassed or scared or they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Issues</title>
		<link>http://childlight.co.uk/friendship-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://childlight.co.uk/friendship-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[finding friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to make friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[keeping friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lonely]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[making friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[starting kinder garden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[starting nursery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[starting school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making and keeping friends is a complex skill that comes easier to some children than others. It is said that babies develop a preference for friends when just over a year old, so it is obvious that problems with friends or the lack of them can happen to youngsters at any age and this is [...]]]></description>
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