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I am planning to run a Early Years Education course for Au Pairs and Nannies which would improve English levels and also help them to bring out the best in children. Attached is a document about the course and what they would learn. As there is a focus on both writing and group dialogue it would help to facilitate English language development. The programme is specifically for Au Pairs and Nannies who look after children between the ages of 0-5 years. More information can be found at www.mamapapame.co.uk but the course description attachment should offer a clear outline.

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If she is happy with her child minder and is in a routine it is much better than a nursery school. I find that if the child minder is a good one and does lots of educational activities through play it is better than going to nursery because there are less children to an adult - your child will get more quality time this way.

I do appreciate that sometimes parents feel the need to give a time out, but the principal behind this strategy is that it is one minute for every year of the child's life. So if the child is three years they should be in time out for three minutes only. Further, before the time out happens, according to this approach, parents would need to explain to the child why they are having a time out and straight after the time out has happened there needs to be a brief discussion also. This is an approach that is widely used and the purpose is essentially training/educating the child to behave in a better way. I personally feel there are more constructive approaches that are educative for the child, but realise that this approach is commonly used and can in times be effective. From what you have said, however, it does not sound like what your neighbours are doing are actually doing the above - just sending the children out. Only you will know the situation accuratly, but I feel that if you think something is wrong it is important to at least do your bit - regular detentions to the back garden does not sound good. Of course, this does not mean that you need to go in guns ablazing and accuse your neighbours of abuse!! Do you have any kind of relationship/friendship with your neighbours?

Night Terrors is a sleep disruption that seems similar to a nightmare, but with a far more dramatic presentation. There are two approaches to tackle night-time terrors. If you find that the night-terrors are occurring in the same hour every night, then they are related to sleep-wave pattern. In this case you can wake your child half an hour before the time you know the night terrors will occur and so, by disrupting their sleep wave pattern at that time, avoid the terror from happening. After a few nights of this the terror should stop. However, if the night terror does not occur in a regular time slot, then the thinking is not to wake your child, and to just be around them to make sure they are safe and don?t hurt themselves. If you get very anxious and wake your child, this might upset them and make the problem worse. You should find that your child will eventually lie themselves down, and go back to sleep, and will grow out of it, with no treatment required.

Yes more frequent in toddlers but babies (even those as young as 4 months) can have them too!

Just read this now. If your daughter clear from ear infections/teething problems/feeding problems etc it might be night terrors. Night Terrors are a sleep disruption that seems similar to a nightmare, but with a far more dramatic presentation. There are two approaches to tackle night-time terrors. If you find that the night-terrors are occurring in the same hour every night, then they are related to sleep-wave pattern. In this case you can wake your child half an hour before the time you know the night terrors will occur and so, by disrupting their sleep wave pattern at that time, avoid the terror from happening. After a few nights of this the terror should stop. However, if the night terror does not occur in a regular time slot, then the thinking is not to wake your child, and to just be around them to make sure they are safe and don?t hurt themselves. If you get very anxious and wake your child, this might upset them and make the problem worse. You should find that your child will eventually lie themselves down, and go back to sleep, and will grow out of it, with no treatment required. If you are still unsure then perhaps visit your doctor?!

Hi Everyone Just saw this communication flow on setting up a parenting group. I too am interested in setting up a parenting group and have posted an ad in the family classified section. Would be interested to hear your thoughts.