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Molly-coddling, Interfering, Helicopter Parents Wikipedia defines helicopter parenting as, “a colloquial, early 21st-century term for a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her child's or children's experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions...  
Welcome to the Parenting Australia Blog Welcome to the Parenting Australia Blog. My name is Fiona Dixon and I am very excited to share that I am the newly appointed Editor of this fantastic parenting community. I am a 20 something Married Mother of 2 beautiful, intelligent children. I am also a Small Business owner, Sucessful Woman, Sister, Aunty and Friend to many. I love to meet and interact with people, I love music, learning new things and advocating support and information on premature birth, premmie babies, Pre Ecl...
Early Learning Blog Moving from parenting an adorable baby to a defiant toddler was a steep learning curve for me. As soon as my children learned the power of saying ‘no’, I had to learn very quickly how to set limits, boundaries, encourage good choices, wait for those choices to be made and if all else failed resort to time out. Then just as I had overcome the ‘no’ objection they learnt how to say ‘ what if'. For example, I would say ‘don’t run out into the road or you w...
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Wow no wonder you are so careful now after having Credit Card info stolen @menacingpickle. Thank you for sharing we have to be so careful.
@menacingpickle great tips thank you for sharing!
Top Road Safety Tips to share with your kids. http://ow.ly/ge0R #fb What do you do to keep your kids safe near roads?
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