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CONTENTS

1. Editorial - Have You Tried The Online Parenting Course?

2. Article - Traditional Games Bounce Back in Favour

3. Gary Direnfeld - Top Parenting Tips

4. Request for Help - Tommy's Charity

5. BBC Parenting - November's Highlights

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1. EDITORIAL - HAVE YOU TRIED THE ONLINE PARENTING COURSE YET?

Hi All

If you would like more practical advice and support on parenting and child
behaviour please click on following link and try the 5 week parenting
course:

<http://www.practicalparent.org.uk/plus.htm>

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Till the next time - look after yourselves!

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2. ARTICLE - TRADITIONAL GAMES BOUNCE BACK IN FAVOUR


A resurgence of interest in traditional games has been supported by a
project, funded by Culture Online. The Playground Fun website - jam-packed
with ideas to keep your kids active - aims to get your kids logging on…and
logging off in droves.

Playground Fun is a website aimed at getting children outside playing games.
From Hide & Seek to It, and from Poison to Zombie, traditional favourites
meet with new games in an inspiring new project - www.playgroundfun.org.uk
<http://www.playgroundfun.org.uk> - funded by Culture Online, part of the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Playground Fun offers children practical suggestions and ideas about how
they can get outside and start playing - at home and at school. The project
helps 7-9 year olds to re-discover the fun of learning and playing together,
trying games played in other counties and cultures, as well as offering
children the chance to share their own favourites.

The site, featuring lots of colourful cartoon characters, includes
nuts-and-bolts information about how to play games, vintage black and white
film footage and guidance on how to help children enjoy group activities.
There's also a fun game builder tool that allows children to create their
own versions of games on the website. Teacher and parent notes are included
with information about how to keep children entertained, fit, safe and well.
The site aim is to become a growing online compendium of games, as played by
Britain's children.

David Lammy, Culture Minister, has said: "More than thirty five years ago,
Iona and Peter Opie published their comprehensive collection of street and
playground games. What they discovered was a world full of vitality,
inventiveness and unfettered imagination. Today's young people are no less
inspiring than the children that the Opie's interviewed in the 1960s.
Regional and cultural variations of children's games abound, even in the age
of the games console and the web. Video may have killed the radio star but
it's seems nothing can dampen the spirits of a playful child. Playground Fun
aims to help children discover and share the joy of play."

Jonathan Drori at Culture Online said: "You might think that the games
console reigns supreme but it's important to remember that outdoor games are
very popular. Anyone who looks after kids knows that they often have more
energy than they know what to do with. This website encourages children to
share their favourite games virtually and then to play them in the real
world. Playground Fun is primarily for fun, although no one can deny that
play has huge physical and social benefits too."

Schools that piloted the Playground Fun website found a marked improvement
in playground behaviour. Teacher, Jo Garbutt, of Throngsley Fields Primary
and Nursery School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, said: "The Playground Fun
project has provided a superb focus for our planned school improvement work.
We have seen a marked improvement in social interaction and behaviour on the
playground already. We are very pleased with the positive impact it
continues to have."

Bursting with worksheets and teaching ideas, Playground Fun makes learning
fun with motivating lesson plans and materials. Teacher, Rachael Poulson of
Rotherfield Primary School, Islington, North London said: "We have been
covering healthy eating in the science class and the children have related
all activities to the games on the Playground Fun website and being active.
They have also talked about the historical aspects of games as part of their
World War II work. As a result of the pilot, the children are working
together, co-operating and they don't sulk so much!"

www.playgroundfun.org.uk <http://www.playgroundfun.org.uk>

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3. GARY DIRENFELD - TOP PARENTING TIPS

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How do you support siblings whose brother or sister many have special needs?
Read:
Sibling issues when one has special needs: Am I my brother’s keeper?
http://www.yoursocialworker.com/p-articles/brothers_keeper.htm

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With the holiday's coming, how will your children manage? Read:
Managing the Holiday Excitement
http://www.yoursocialworker.com/p-articles/holiday.htm

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New research on the effects of spanking - The effect of culture. View the
interview:
Spanking revisited
http://www.yoursocialworker.com/videos/spanking_revisited.wmv

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4. REQUEST FOR HELP - TOMMY'S CHARITY

Hi Andy,

I'm Ash writing from Tommy's, the baby charity and I have a press
request I'd like to put up on your website please. There's a story
breaking in tomorrow's papers about miscarriage and we're looking for
women who have had recurrent miscarriages who are willing to talk about
their experience of having a miscarriage in the press to help raise
awareness of what Tommy's does - research to prevent people from having
miscarriages, stillbirths and premature births.

Do you think anyone on your site might be able to help us? We'd be
looking for women to be interviewed either for newspaper stories or TV
news items (for the latter, women in or around London would be
preferable).

(Please contact Ash direct - contact details below)

Many thanks,

Ash

Ash Anand
Senior PR Manager
Tommy's, the baby charity
Nicholas House
3 Laurence Pountney Hill
London EC4R 0BB

Press Office: 020 7398 3440
Direct Line: 020 7398 3443
Mobile: 07759 145 959
Email: aanand@...

Information Line: 0870 777 30 60
Donation Line: 0870 777 76 76
Fax: 08707 70 70 75
www.tommys.org <http://www.tommys.org/>

TOMMYS THE BABY CHARITY is a registered charity no 1060508

Every two minutes in the UK, a baby is lost - through miscarriage,
stillbirth or because they are born prematurely.

Tommy's, the baby charity, believes every baby deserves the best start
in life. We are committed to funding medical research and providing
information to help more mums and dads through a healthy pregnancy and
birth. We receive no government funding so it's only through kind
donations that we can continue to provide such vital information.

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5. BBC PARENTING - NOVEMBERS HIGHLIGHTS


1. Talking to your doctor
Nobody likes going to the doctor but it can be even more daunting for
children. So how can you alleviate their fears and tell them what to expect,
and just what are the rules on patient confidentiality and teenagers?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/talking_to_your_doctor/gp_index.shtml


2. Get set for Christmas
It's that time of year again, there are already signs of tinsel in the
shops - and it won’t be so long before children feel the anticipation and
excitement building. Here we suggest tips to help you relax and start
planning your best ever festive season.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/family_matters/celeb_xmasbest.shtml


3. ONE life
Tune in to BBC One on Tuesday evenings throughout November to follow the
stories of some extraordinary people. Read how three sisters came together
to make one baby and find out more about the woman who’s pregnant in two
wombs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tv_and_radio/onelife_index.shtml


4. Teething troubles
Teething should be a normal part of physical development, no more stressful
than growing hair. But it's often a cause for concern for some babies.
Heather Welford offers advice and techniques to try with your little one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/babies_teething.shtml


5. Honey We’re Killing the Kids
Are you concerned about your children’s lifestyle? Do you worry they’re not
following a healthy diet? Take a look at some of our quick and easy recipes
from the BBC Three series Honey We’re Killing the Kids. Tea times need never
be boring again! The series will be shown again on BBC One in a few weeks
time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tv_and_radio/honey/recipeshoney_index.shtml


6. Teen Angels
BBC Science is making a second series of Teen Angels. If you would welcome
expert advice about how to improve your home life, relationships and
communication we’d like to hear from you.
Please contact the Teen Angels team on 0870 9000 191 or email
teenangels@... (leaving a phone number). There is no commitment at
this stage and all calls will be treated in strict confidence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/teenangels


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