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Teaching Your Kids to Respect Other Students*
Your children are going to meet lots of different people throughout their education and their lives as a whole. It’s important that they learn to respect their peers from a young age. Unfortunately, children are not born with an innate sense of respect for those around them, it’s something they have to learn. Manor House School have the following tips for parents who want to teach their kids to respect other students. Credit First and foremost, you must lead by example. Parents cannot possibly teach their kids respect by being disrespectful. Even when you’re angry at a waiter for bringing you the wrong meal, or your neighbour is being unreasonable,…
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The Importance of Blood Donation*
This is a collaboration piece. June 14th is World Blood Donor day, it’s an important day in the calendar as far as awareness days go because blood donation does save lives, and it’s a simple thing a lot of people are able to do. It’s not like being asked to give up a vital organ, when you donate blood, you only give what you can spare. A couple of years ago I learned just how important blood donations are when someone close to me unexpectedly needed a transfusion, it wasn’t something we expected to hear as she was going in for something as routine as having her second child. Blood…
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Paying Attention for the Safety of All: 3 Strategies to Help You Keep Focused While Driving*
Distracted driving kills thousands of people a year. Whether it’s texting, sleepiness, or even eating, attempting to do just about anything else while operating a car means that you could be putting your life and the life of those around you in danger. Staying focused on the road is a huge element of being a safe and defensive driver, but life continues to happen around us, and sometimes, our emotions or situations can be causing us to lose our focus. We can become very at ease in our cars. They can even feel like an extension of us, which means that we can get a little too relaxed in them…
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3 Dream Wedding Destinations*
Since turning 30 I’ve known more and more people around my age getting engaged. Lets face it, we’re all almost 10 years out of university, we’ve been working hard, building homes, travelling the world, having kids, or perhaps doing it all. It’s no surprise that so many people are looking to settle down. Although I myself haven’t reached that point (and at almost 31, i’m wondering if I’ll ever reach that point) it doesn’t stop me dreaming about my own wedding. Over the years my dream wedding idea has evolved. Once upon a time I wanted to be a princess and get married in a castle with hundreds of guests,…
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3 Ways to Avoid Being Distracted as a Driver*
If you’ve been a follower of my blog for a while, you’ll know I’m a firm advocate of staying safe on the roads. Where I live, there have been way too many fatal accidents that have tragically torn families apart. I have lost friends from school. And although it’s a lot to do with the safety of the roads around where I live, there are other things you can do to ensure that you stay safe, such as ensuring your car is suitable for the road. Another way you can stay safe while driving is to avoid distractions. Did you know that the driving being distracted is a common cause…
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The Importance of Car Safety with Children*
Let’s face it, car safety is important regardless of who is in the car, but for me, ensuring Little Miss is safe is of utter most importance. I won’t lie, I’m definitely a terribly overbearing mother who panics at the slightest thing but I just personally feel that if you can do something to keep your child safe from harm, you should do it. There are more car accidents per year than there are plane, train and boat combined in the UK but there are ways to ensure you’re safe while on the road. While I don’t have my own car or license for that matter, we are in cars…
