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Penny Van Bergen, Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong

Santa Claus is coming to town! How to help kids manage the big build-up to Christmas

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School is out and Santa is on his way, but there’s still a bit of a wait before he wriggles down that chimney. The days before Christmas are both exciting and challenging for children and families.

How can you manage kids’ excitement in this last build-up to Christmas? What should you do if emotions run over? And how might you respond if all the focus on Santa means some kids start asking if he is real?

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