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How to Make Family Meetings Work for Stronger Bonds

Family meetings can be a great way for parents, foster carers, and children to connect, communicate, and strengthen their relationships. By setting aside dedicated time to check in, share feelings, and solve problems, families can gain understanding, improve cooperation , and build trust. Here are some tips for making your family meetings a success.

Schedule Regularly

The first step is to establish a consistent schedule for your family meetings. Sit down together and decide on a regular schedule that works for everyone, such as weekly or monthly. Mark it clearly in your calendars...

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Learn the Best Out of YouTube Parental Control

Authored by BHTNews.com
Posted: Mon, 07/13/2020 - 10:16am

Introduction

Here are conclusive secure approaches to set YouTube parental controls on children's YouTube of various gadgets. Each parent needs to procure immense information on the best way to secure his/her child from the potential perils. You may want to review IOS Parental Controls for more details.

What Parents Should Know About YouTube

Hazardous Challenge and Viral Videos

There are loads of risky and viral recordings on YouTube and the greater part of them are shared rapidly. One YouTube may post a video of himself or herself accomplishing...

Parents' Guide: Meeting The Needs Of An Autistic Child

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Sun, 07/12/2020 - 10:09am

Autism is a developmental disorder that varies in severity usually characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication, whilst also being generally restricted by repetitive thoughts and behaviours. Autism is defined by a spectrum that needs to be explored and understood by anyone that has friends or loved ones with the disorder. This will help by making difficulties such as interaction, caregiving, and ‘normal life’ that little bit easier.

Having a child diagnosed with Autism will forever be a powerful moment in your life and it’s joined by a myriad of emotions...

Exeter care home residents reunite with loved ones in Home’s new visitor pod

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/07/2020 - 9:43pm

Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Cadogan Court, in Exeter, were overjoyed to be reunited with their loved ones this week after months without visitors.

The Home is among the first in the country to install a COVID-secure visitor pod, to enable residents to meet safely with their families again.

Like many other care homes, Cadogan Court closed its doors to all but essential visitors at the start of the pandemic to protect its residents.

Staff have worked tirelessly to ensure that residents have had regular contact with their families by ‘phone or video call, but...

Tips for choosing a good divorce solicitor

Going through a divorce is difficult for everyone involved but can be made less stressful with the help of a good solicitor. You want the divorce to be fair and the outcome for both parties to be a positive as possible, even in this hard situation. Looking for the right solicitor can be overwhelming. With so many options, it's hard to know where to start, or what factors you should consider.

Picking the right divorce solicitor can make all the difference in ensuring you receive what you're entitled to and get the procedure over and done with as quickly as possible.

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How dolls help parents who lost a child

Tragedies happen, and they can be incredibly difficult to get out of, especially for parents who lost their children. To help them cope and ease the pain, experts recommend healing sessions and therapies. One of these would involve the use of realistic dolls, also called reborn dolls, to help bereaved fathers and mothers who suffer from their loss.

Some women who experience postpartum depression after losing their baby in a miscarriage or stillbirth languish in silence. A lifelike reborn baby might help them externalize that grief. On the other hand, parents who lost their little...

Silly Squad Summer Reading Challenge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 06/28/2020 - 11:34pm

Libraries across Devon and Torbay are calling for children to sign up to the Silly Squad Summer Challenge and read six books this summer as part of the 2020 Summer Reading Challenge.

The Summer Reading Challenge will run from Saturday 4th July to Saturday 5th September. The online launch event will be on Saturday 4th July, a specially commissioned event featuring Rob Pudner of Entertainingly Different. Other events include weekly online Bounce & Rhyme, weekly digital craft sessions, Library Llama Live online event with Sidmouth Library, Really Wild Learning in Torbay, author...

Barristers launch remote arbitration service for splitting-up parents

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Fri, 06/26/2020 - 1:53pm

TWO family law experts have launched a virtual Arbitration Service for divorcing or separating parents to get legally binding decisions potentially remotely about their children rather than going through court.

Founders of the Westcountry legal service, Children in the Middle, family barrister, Elizabeth McCallum and Exeter-based barrister, Sarah Evans, have set-up the service to offer people quick decisions with the same enforceability as a court order.

Elizabeth says: “When there are disputes about children, such as how much time is spent with each parent, what their...

How to start again after a divorce

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Fri, 06/26/2020 - 10:27am

Few experiences in life will be as painful as the breakdown of a relationship. You’ll not only be grieving the loss of your partnership, but you will need to imagine a different future for yourself.

While you will likely struggle with various emotions, such as sadness, grief and confusion, there are positive steps that you can take to move on from a relationship. Find out how you can start again after a divorce.

Quickly Sell Your Home

It might feel almost impossible to distance yourself from your ex-husband or wife if you both own a home together. To prevent...

Vet advises Exeter pet owners to avoid feeding dogs and cats barbecue scraps

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/25/2020 - 11:34pm

With temperatures set to reach up to 30 degrees this week, an expert is warning pet owners against the potential dangers for dogs and cats eating food from the barbecue.

According to a 2019 study, one in three Brits feed their pets food directly from the dinner table but barbecue foods in particular can be extremely unhealthy and even dangerous for animals.

Leticia Fidalgo Buron, vet and technical manager at Webbox, said: “While many of us love a barbecue, it’s important that people don’t leave food unattended or feed their pets scraps - even if they look like they’re...

New family walking trail MonsterHero Safari comes to Exeter

A new interactive family story-trail around Exeter will launch on Saturday 4th July. The MonsterHero Safari Trail works on smartphones, challenging families to find hidden ‘MonsterHeroes’ around the city which appear on the phones when you reach their hiding place.

Families and households in Exeter can search the streets for 10 cute and colourful ‘MonsterHeroes’. Using only smartphones, the safari allows players to learn each of the MonsterHero’s name, story, and superpowers. Once all 10 MonsterHeroes are found, a free e-book, that tells the story of their first team-up, will be...

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