<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Mind Garden Blog</title><description>Writing for parents and teachers about racing thoughts, mistakes and reading aloud.</description><link>https://mika.page/</link><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://mika.page/en/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>When children cannot switch off at night</title><link>https://mika.page/en/blog/racing-thoughts-at-bedtime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mika.page/en/blog/racing-thoughts-at-bedtime/</guid><description>Why children keep going in their heads at night, what helps during the day and in the moment, and when it is more than a phase.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mistakes as fertiliser: what children take from failure</title><link>https://mika.page/en/blog/mistakes-as-fertiliser/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mika.page/en/blog/mistakes-as-fertiliser/</guid><description>Why &apos;that&apos;s not so bad&apos; closes the conversation, and which questions parents can ask at the dinner table instead.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reading aloud when your child has long read alone</title><link>https://mika.page/en/blog/reading-aloud-after-nine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mika.page/en/blog/reading-aloud-after-nine/</guid><description>Why reading aloud between nine and twelve should not stop, what changes about it, and what helps when a child refuses.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>