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FAMILYtalk
4 tips for festive

survival as a parent

By: Anisa Lewis - Founder and Director of ParentingSuccess Yorkshire
We all want to create memories
for our families over the Festive

Period but what can you do to
not only survive but thrive over
this sometimes difficult period?

TIP 1 - FORGET PERFECTION
For years, Christmas for me was very
much about building in my head the most
magical family experience I could conjure
up and then being bitterly disappointed
when nobody lives up to my Brady Bunch
vision. I am now moving onto ditching
where possible my unrealistic expectations
for what I think the Festive Season should I decide on what my priorities are like to bake, make and hand craft my
be and replacing it with a more holistic and where it is acceptable for me to cut Christmas, however, time, reality and
experience based on togetherness and corners. As a recovering perfectionist, insight tells me that perhaps buying the
communication. this is not easy for me to do! Yes, I would supermarket mince pies, ..........

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