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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...tree in one of these cellars of Arras - a tiny, stunted handful of green, decorated with three or four candles - that has been procured with infinite labour in order to make a few children glad tomorrow. Day after day the German guns send their high explosives into Arras, where some families still live and work and children play and study in the safe retreats underneath...
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Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...family, which include wolves, dogs, and foxes, are the classic surrogate carers for feral human children, featuring regularly in mythological as well as historical and ethnographic accounts. The alleged ability of these animals to raise human children has ancient antecedents in the legends surrounding the foundation of Rome when twins Romulus and Remus were suckled by a...
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Free Activity Cards
Education & Development

Free Activity Cards

...Families Float or Sink? Knickerbockerglory [PDF File] Download Play Families card (130 KB) [PDF File] Download Float or Sink? card (130 KB) [PDF File] Download Knickerbockerglory card (109 KB) What's In The Mind? Relaxation Storytelling [PDF File] Download What's In The Mind? card (83 KB) [PDF File] Download Relaxation card (109 KB) [PDF File] Download Storytelling card...
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Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...family and friends just as good? ...Quite often talking is the best form of therapy and having someone who knows you, who you can confide in and can talk back to you on a personal level based on the fact they know you, can sometimes be very comforting. (Service user quoted in Leach, 2015) [two people hugging in black and white] BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind programme,...
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Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has the welfare cap become so complex?

...families introduced in April 2013 has been one of the most supported policies introduced by the coalition. By setting the maximum eligibility at the median household income and excluding those working over 16 hours (24, if two workers) voters saw it as an equitable constraint which could, with support, also help people to better their circumstances by finding work. The...
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What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?

...families wherever possible; to ensure that local authorities can provide services for children and families in need; to promote partnership between children, parents and local authorities; to improve the way courts deal with children and families; and to protect the rights of children. However, this Act did not come into force until 1991. If you read again the principles...
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Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...family and how that translates in business settings appreciate the importance of speaking a little Chinese say some greetings in Chinese. This OpenLearn taster course is an adapted extract from the Open University short course LG002 Chinese business culture essentials...Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials: 1 What is culture? - What do you think of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...families. The government is currently exploring amendments to existing law to create a shared understanding, which will support a clearer response to this problem. This change in the law will treat the people perpetrating the exploitation as criminals and the children and young people as victims. At the moment this isn’t always so, partly because children in this...
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