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## [What to Do When the School Calls](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/what-to-do-when-the-school-calls)

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I have the school number programmed into my contacts so that when the school calls I know it’s them. Since my children are humans and not robots,  I will probably get a call from one of their teachers at some stage to chat about some behaviour that needs addressing.

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## [Get Your Kids Organised with a Tick List](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/get-your-kids-organised-with-a-tick-list)

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It was a little bit of a panicked morning compared to usual. We drove down the road on the way to school and my pre-preppie exclaimed, "I forgot my bag!". Indicator on, ready to pull over, I exclaimed, "I didn't get it either!" Then, a calm six-year-old boy's voice said, "It's OK...I've put what she needs in the boot!" Like I always say, my kids are not perfect but I my six-year-old is one of those kids who is thoughtful and organised FAR beyond his years.

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## [But Is It Bullying?](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/but-is-it-bullying)

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My kids have a fantastic book on resilience called *“Jilly and the Bully”*. But after reading it SO many times (they love it!) I’m wondering if a better title is perhaps: *“Jilly and the child that made a really bad choice, but who improved his behavior after she and he spoke and subsequently shouldn’t really be labelled as a bully”*?

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## [Just Show Up](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/just-show-up)

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I'm in my mid 30s. (Deep breaths...I CAN cope!) 

But...when something exciting happens, I call:

 1. My husband   
2. My parents   
3. My sisters alternately until I get onto whichever one of th em is not in the midst of kid-wrangling any combination of my  7, 4, 3, or 2 x 1 year old nieces and nephews.

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## [Creating Family Traditions at Christmas](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/creating-family-traditions-at-christmas)

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One of the things that brings me great joy is thinking back to my childhood and the certainty I had around celebrations just knowing that ‘this was the way it would be done’. It gave me comfort and a real sense of security to know that:

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## [Building Resilience - It Really Is OK to Say "No"](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/building-resilience-it-really-is-ok-to-say-no)

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I think I upset another mother today ...

My children and I were getting into the lift at our local shopping centre and my boy was excited about pressing the button. One of the little girls with the other mother darted over to the buttons and pressed the button her mother asked her to. My boy asked if he too could press the button and I replied, 'We don't need to now, the other little girl has done it. You can press a button another time."

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