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Helping Your Child With Their Lockdown Lows

This year has been so tough, hasn’t it? I am really feeling it now and as an adult I can fully understand what has been going on. For our children, that has been a completely different matter. They have been pushed from pillar to post, gone back to normality and had it taken away again, all with little notice and all with little understanding. I do worry how many children will be affected by this mentally after such a long period of uncertainty and having watched my eldest suffer during this last stint, I have firsthand experience of how hard it can hit them.

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A mud kitchen is a great addition to the garden for the kids. It can provide hours of imaginative play, encourage them to play both alone and with siblings or you, it encourages them to get closer to nature and learn to explore their surroundings. Free play is probably the most popular way of using a mud kitchen but if you wanted to create a play setup I have 5 mud kitchen play ideas that your kids will love.

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Botox treatments can provide you with a safe and effective way of improving the look and feel of your skin. When undertaken with a qualified professional these treatments are simple, safe and provide excellent results. However, while choosing your skincare professional is important, so too is your preparation before you arrive at the clinic for your first appointment. The first thing you need to do is ensure that the clinic you are looking to use is licensed to provide Botox. Once you have established this you can move onto these next steps…

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