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When you think of mindfulness, what do you imagine? For lots of people it brings up images of meditation, sitting calmly and quietly or listening to a very soothing voice talking about waves.

All of these are ways to practice mindfulness – but in reality, being mindful can also be learnt through play, which is a brilliant way to help your child understand how to be mindful.  

In this week’s podcast, Alistair and Jennie are joined by Jimmy McLoughlin OBE, of Jobs of the Future, to discuss the skills that will support your child in the fast-changing world of work.

This is especially important to think about, because it's so unlikely that we can imagine all the jobs that will be available for our children.

Many jobs available today would have been impossible to prepare for 30 years ago. The pace of technology change, as well as developments in how we live and work, means we need to prepare children for a world of work we can’t possibly plan for yet.  

Can you imagine Easter through the eyes of a young child? All those brightly coloured eggs dotted around your garden for you to find, that turn out to be made from chocolate, that you get to eat? It sounds like the stuff of dreams!
 
How you celebrate Easter (if you celebrate) varies from family to family, and so does how much chocolate you decide to give your child. 

“Say thank you for your present,” is a line we will no doubt be repeating time and again at this time of year. But how much do children really understand about why? What are reasonable expectations for young children when it comes to sharing a new toy or being polite when they are given a jumper they have no interest in? And what can we do as adults to support them in these tricky situations?  

We asked our My First Five Years’ experts for their views.