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By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOUR is what Andrea Clifford-Poston hopes parents will explore in her new book When Harry Hit Sally, Understanding Your Child’s Behaviour. It is a path

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com A COUPLE in the UK called the police when their eight-year-old daughter refused to go to bed. At 3am, officers were called to the house in

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com THE BRITISH government is angry at a new product aimed at helping students cheat their way through exams. The Canadian ExamEar is a tiny receiver which

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com READING IS a fundamental part of society and encouraging children to do it as young as possible is highly recommended. Even when babies cannot understand what

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com RESEARCH BY The Wellcome Trust has found that eating junk food in pregnancy and while breast feeding can make children overweight when they grow up. The

By: SUZY TURNER parenting@portugalresident.com Leaving youngsters in the car while you run an errand could be potentially life threatening. According to experts, younger children do not adapt as well to

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com ONCE UPON a time, children would spend hours playing outdoors in the mud, having fun in the fresh air, with nothing less than an old tyre

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com THEY MIGHT seem like a lot of fun but the new trend for trainers containing hidden wheels in the soles can be dangerous. A spokesperson for

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to improve the UK’s tennis standards, a Lancashire based University is launching a degree course in tennis. The sports technology degree in tennis

By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com THE MINISTRY of Education wants to simplify the rules of registration into primary basic and secondary schools in Portugal. The secretary of State for Education, Valter