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Find someone who does cartoons [as shown below] that illustrate an element of your parent or friend's life.  Feed your ideas to this person and see what they produce or Do It Yourself!  Check out the ‘Golden Celebration of Life’ booklet below which is Collage and Caption Style and has no need for artistic [...]

There is nothing more affirming than telling, feeling and talking about your life story in a safe space.  This section is for parents of both adopted children and any child of primary age. For my suggested words on why the decision for adoption was made, do scroll down to the PDF's at the bottom [...]

Follow this YouTube link to see the effects of participation during just one song in a choir for the elderly: https://twitter.com/i/status/1306672245255749632 Music has so much potential to bring people back in touch with forgotten parts of their lives and self.  Parts of the brain that respond to music do [...]

and hints for grown-ups hidden in here too!   Sweet slumber- a highway to inspiration and renewal...  Sleep is a much needed refreshment, a chance for the unconscious to try to work things out, a break from the day, a night time creation of images, stories and feelings. It is vital for body and [...]

See the Sleep Section of the website as getting your children to draw their dreams [both bad and good] may be a good way to release tensions and celebrate their own self-generated imagery! A chatterbox origami might appeal to some children and the games associated with it involving others.  Make sure they illustrate [...]

Reading aloud to your child before bed time is an opportunity to strengthen the trust and connection between you as well as being mutually enjoyable.  They will too soon be too old for it!  See my list of Top Ten Children's Books to refresh yourself. Being curious and wondering aloud about the reading material [...]

This link allows a search for Shakespeare quotations under any emotional theme.  Press link here You could create a conversation with your child or your Reminiscence Group to reflect on what is meant by a word or quotation. I found these when I searched under Love: Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that [...]

Therapeutic stories are stories that are designed to address a fear your child might be experiencing that could be causing problems, even if they are minor ones. The story needs to be sufficiently distant in its content to not look like a persuasion tactic. Try writing one! You might enjoy it and it might [...]

My personally biased Top Ten Classics for late primary school age that explore a life story from a child or animal’s perspective. Scroll to bottom of page for other choices.  This wonderful link will give you access to free audible books for all ages and with books in French, Italian and four other languages: [...]

Aesop was a slave in ancient Greece and a story teller.  His stories were not written down for 300 years and there were over 655 fables!  They were written two and half thousand years ago for those of any age.  They have become associated with children and moral instruction but are enjoyed particularly for [...]