Tips to help your child settle at school with Dr Tim Hawkes

Tue, January 26, 2021

Helping anxious children, new school, first day back get settled, develop a routine, and look forward to school in 2021.

Dads can help their kids settle back to school – find out how!
As Australian kids start heading back to school, many face a range of emotions, anxiety, fear, excitement, and sadness as they leave the comfort of their home, many heading back to school first time in many months.

Join Dr. Tim Hawkes this Friday night in our new Podcast series Figuring it out Together on the Fathering Channel. Live from 7 pm, Friday, 29 January 2021 for tips on how you can support your child settle into school.

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About Dr. Tim Hawkes
Tim Hawkes is an educator, social commentator, and author. Recipient of an Australian Government ‘Excellence as a Headmaster Award’ in 2007 and an OAM for services to education in 2014, Tim is a frequent contributor to educational debate with many radio appearances, including Richard Glover’s ‘Political Forum’ on the ABC and regular television appearances.

Further Reading:
https://theconversation.com/why-dads-cant-be-the-dads-they-want-to-be-75045
https://theconversation.com/canadian-dads-are-doing-more-at-home-than-before-the-coronavirus-pandemic-142236

Figuring It Out Together podcast series In this podcast series we tackle many challenges facing dads and explore fathering across all ages from newborns to toddlers, school age to teenagers and those hard to have conversations. We take your problems and deep dive on how to help you navigate solutions and positive outcomes. Subscribe for Updates

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