Imagine if our dreams of a calm and cosy festive season could possibly be true. We’ve started some family rituals we love, we are starting to work out what we enjoy and what is important to us…. And then along come the extended family with their gifts of plastic toys with flashing lights and no “off" button, so much food and sugar to make our children dance on the ceiling, expectations from every different direction to manage, and a distant relative that has behaviour we’d rather not expose … [Read more...] about 6 ways to reduce family stress during the holiday season Montessori-style