Get into the habitAvoiding the daily battle to drag your child away from the television and towards a textbook can be as simple as implementing a regular routine. Set aside some study time every day for your child to focus on her work with you or another adult available nearby to...

• Don't glve your children their big presents Just before the family arrives. It's unrealistic to expect small children to share a brand new, longed-for toywith a horde of invaders.• Give the older children their presents while the babies are having their post-prandial sleep. The...

How did you get into ballet?
My mother sent me to ballet classes when I was five to get rid of some energy – I was a horribly hyper child. I used to go every Saturday with my friends. To start with, I wasn’t interested in becoming a ballerina. But around the age of 11, when my fr...

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.How do we play it? Tip your head back and put the biscuit flat on your forehead. Then by wiggling your eyebrows and cheeks, slalom the biscuit down your face, past your nose and into your mouth.Wiggling Word of Advice Keep your head tipped back the whole