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In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of "panic buyers" sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country:

Stop hoarding. I can't be more blunt about it. Stop it. It is not sensible, it is not helpful and it has been one of the most disappointing things I have seen in Australian behaviour in response to this crisis.

It started with toilet paper, and now many non-perishable foods are difficult to source, as shoppers stockpile in preparation for the worst.

But is there a rationale for such behaviour? And how can we move beyond our psychological impulses to shop smarter, and consider the needs of others?

COVID-19 - an unwitting stress test

The coronavirus outbreak is not only a time of uncertainty, but also a period in which many of us are experiencing social isolation. Both of these factors can psychologically motivate people to buy things they don't need.

Feeling unable to tolerate uncertainty is associated with more extreme hoarding behaviour. Hoarding entails the collection of more items than can be feasibly used, to the point of impeding the functionality of a home. Even though the behaviours we're seeing may not be "hoarding" in this sense, they're likely driven by the same psychological mechanisms.

One of the strongest predictors of hoarding behaviour is an individual's perceived inability to tolerate distress. If it's in a person's general nature to avoid distress, they may be at risk of buying more products than they can feasibly use during the pandemic.

For such people, it may be difficult to believe authorities when they announce supermarkets will not close. Or, if they do believe them, they may decide it's best to "prep", just in case things change.

Read more: When possessions are poor substitutes for people: hoarding disorder and loneliness

The coronavirus also reminds many people of their own mortality, and this can lead to an increase in spending to offset fear.

Even if a person typically feels able to handle distress, they may still end up buying more than they need. Seeing empty shelves can trigger an urge to snatch what is left. Research on the " scarcity heuristic " suggests we assume items are more valuable if they are in low supply.

Also, consumer goods are more than functional. Products and brands also serve psychological purposes and can change how we feel. For example, some people turn to alcohol to alleviate anxiety or distress.

How to overcome psychological forces

So how can we make rational decisions, when multiple psychological forces make this difficult?

While no perfect remedy exists, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques can help people avoid making decisions based on unhelpful urges and emotions. CBT has been shown to improve intolerance of uncertainty, and reduce anxiety and fear.

CBT involves problem-solving and engaging in avoided behaviour to test the validity of one's beliefs. The idea is to challenge unhelpful thoughts, and make decisions based on evidence.

To apply this approach when shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, you should start by taking stock of the items you already have at home, and how long they will last.

When stocking up, it's important to limit waste and be considerate. It's not helpful to buy food that spoils, or buy so many products that others, including the elderly, experience hardship. Buying 100 rolls of toilet paper is useless if it takes a year to use them.

Read more: Scott Morrison has said we'll face at least 6 months of disruption. Where does that number come from?

Food waste can be limited by developing meal plans for the next two to three weeks, keeping in mind when certain products expire. By focusing your attention on what you will realistically use during this time, you can make more informed decisions about what to buy.

It's OK to feel anxious

When shopping, take a list with you to guide your purchases, and try your best to stick to it. This way, you'll be less likely to succumb to anxiety-driven purchases triggered by the sight of empty shelves, or thoughts of supermarkets closing. That said, be willing to buy substitutes if certain items are sold out. You can plan for this in advance.

You may start to feel anxious when only buying items for use in the immediate future. That's OK. Numerous research trials have shown people can tolerate anxiety, and that changing unhelpful behaviour reduces anxiety in the long run.

Research has also shown people who chronically hoard can tolerate distress better than they think. So, while anxiety may be inevitable for some on their next shopping trip, they will likely be able to tolerate it. And it may be reduced if the above strategies are adopted.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Australians had a problem of buying things they didn't need. We're the ninth-largest contributor of household waste per person in the world, spending more than A$10.5 billion each year on goods and services we rarely use. Over half of that expenditure is for food that gets wasted.

Perhaps understanding the psychological mechanisms underpinning our shopping behaviour can help us make more rational purchases during this time of uncertainty.

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Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop

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In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of "panic buyers" sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country: Stop hoarding. I can't be more blunt about it. Stop it.

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RESIDENTS who usually attend services at the Yanchep Sports & Social Club or the Yanchep National Park commemorated Anzac Day in a different way this year.

Some lit candles near the end of their driveways where they could wave to neighbours while they listened to a special broadcast from the Australian War Memorial on ABC Radio Perth.

While the traditional dawn service, national ceremony and veterans' march did not take place this year, a nationally-televised ceremony was held in the commemorative area and Hall of Memory of the memorial from 5.30 EST.

The commemorative service included an address from the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a didgeridoo player and a small catafalque party.

Australian War Memorial director Matt Anderson said it was important to give Australians the opportunity to pause safely in their homes and reflect on the service and sacrifices of our defence forces, both past and present.

"In a time of profound change in our lives, we need to embrace some constants,'' he said. "Honouring the Anzacs is something we have done every year and we are richer for it.

"On the battlefield at Pozieres in 1916, a mortally wounded Australian asked Australia's official war correspondent, Charles Bean, 'Will they remember me in Australia?' Will they remember me at home?

"This year, as every year, at home we will remember.

"This year marks the 105th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.

"More than a century has passed since the first Australians came ashore at Anzac Cove, yet we are so closely connected to them through a long line of servicemen and servicewomen who have followed.

"The legacy of those who served Australia in the past is carried on by those who continue to serve today," he said.

Mr Anderson said that while Anzac Day 2020 was in many ways different to recent years, this year's service was something of a return to early commemorations at the memorial.

"The first Anzac Day ceremony held at the memorial was in 1942, with restrictions over large gatherings due to the war.

"It was a small ceremony held in the commemorative area, which had yet to record the 102,000 names in bronze installed along what is now the Roll of Honour," he said.

"The service held this morning and the grassroots movements to mark Anzac Day across the country - and around the world - demonstrate the resilience and determination of Australians to commemorate despite the challenges we're facing this year.

"The fact that Australians chose their own ways to honour our Anzacs, past and present has, I think, added new meaning to the day.

"I would also like to acknowledge the incredible efforts of memorial staff and the ABC, to deliver the Anzac Day commemorative service.

"Under unique circumstances, the team has worked with great professionalism to ensure the Australian War Memorial is where it should be; at the centre of the nation's official commemoration of active service."

The Department of Veterans' Affairs had encouraged Australians to join together by individually commemorating with a personal reflection at 11.30am AEST - 4.30 am in Gallipoli - a time that broadly represented the landings at Gallipoli at dawn on April 25, 1915.

The ABC and the Department of Veterans' Affairs produced a video and audio personal reflection piece, to help Australians with their personal reflection at 11.30am - consisting of the Ode, a minute's silence and the Last Post.

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CALE, REPORTER: For many of us there's nothing better than watching our sport heroes do what they do best.

HARRY: My favourite sporting moment is when the Aussie Boomers beat the USA in the basketball last year

XAV: I liked when Liverpool won the Champions League.

But now with many of our favourite sports on hold many of us fans getting a bit desperate. And while many professional athletes have been finding fun ways to keep themselves and us amused, the pause in play has been pretty devasting.

JENNA O'HEA: I chose a team sport because I love being with my teammates, I think they help motivate me, and not having my teammates and my coach sort of tell me what to do each day has been really hard and it's also hard not knowing when we're going to be back on the basketball court.

It's also costing sports leagues billions of dollars. See without games, there's no ticket sales, no broadcasting contracts, and no advertising, which means clubs are struggling to pay their players, coaches, and all the other people who help clubs function.

Across Australia players have taken big pay cuts, just to help their clubs survive. While a lot of other employees have lost their jobs entirely. Around 80% of the AFL's workforce have been stood down, while the players agreed to a 50% pay cut. Sports broadcasters like Foxtel have also had to cut back a lot of their staff and they're not really sure about their future. All up, it's estimated the sports industry contributes about $40 billion to the Australian economy every year, so it's no surprise that people are pretty keen to get sport back up and running.

For some Aussie leagues, a restart is on the cards. The AFL hopes to get going in June, while the NRL has pencilled in the 28th of May to restart its season without spectators of course. The government has even given special permission for the New Zealand warriors to travel to Australia to play. While some reckon it's too early to restart sports, others reckon it's important, not just for the pros, but for all the grassroots sports that look up to those guys and girls.

HARRY: Sport employs a lot of people and it lifts everyone's spirits.

Overseas, many other sports are tackling similar problems trying to work out if and when they could start up again. The NBA is even considering finishing their season in Disney World, ahh no I think it's still the players playing. That's better. And if seasons can't start up again there are pretty big questions about who should win. For example, in the English Premier League, Liverpool's been left tantalisingly close to their first title in 30 years while bottom clubs don't know if they're in or out of the league. Still many agree that health and safety should come first.

So, at least for now we're just gonna have to settle for this, and we can look forward to a time when we go back to watching our heroes play our favourite games.

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Australian parents are coaxing their kids into home-based learning around the country, with Victoria the first state officially going back to the books yesterday.

But it hasn't been smooth for everyone; many teachers and families have a lot of concerns right now.

So as National Cabinet meets (with schools high on the agenda), we've asked how remote learning has affected both households and educators across the country.

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Getting that work-from-home balance
Many parents are trying to work from home while their kids are learning. That juggle is something else families are trying to figure out, and it's not necessarily going well for everyone. Sara J:

I feel very out of my depth.

I hope that the school is able to provide more structured tasks next term with worksheets to be completed online. I am concerned about how I will manage to work and home-school my year 2 child whilst supervising my preschooler, unless my partner is able to work from home as well. He works in schools so we are not sure if he will be required in the office or not.
Kevin S:

It's a bloody nightmare.

Whilst I am in the fortunate position of being able to work from home, I'm not able to work whilst the kids are home because the work that's being set for them often requires supervision. So I'm not working until they go to bed, which means my work day is now 8:00pm - 2:00am and whatever I can squeeze in during the day. I'm exhausted, I'm tired and frankly, a bit over it all.
Kristy S:
My husband and I have been working from home for nearly five weeks now with our two kids at home, aged 6 and 9.

So far, we've been able to make it work as the kids' school work has been able to fit around our work schedules.

When school resumes, our year 4 student has been set a schedule from 9-3 so the school kids are doing the same thing at the same time as the home kids.

It means that our priority will be to supervise and support school learning strictly between those hours and then we will have to adjust our work time to out-of-business hours. I'll be working late nights and weekends.
Samantha I:
We started today. I'm a teacher managing both my own class and my own kids.

It's harder than I thought.

Parents are juggling helping kids with tasks while working from home.(ABC News: Sarah Collard)

Parents on communication with schools
There was also praise for schools and teachers from parents. States added pupil-free days and many educators worked over the Easter break to make their lessons function in a new way. But some parents felt they hadn't seen enough help from their child's school. Rachel H:

I'm feeling optimistic, we have received excellent communication from our daughters' school and have faith in the teachers and staff who are working so hard to cater for all students.

Matt J:

We're completely out of our depth. With little direction from schools, teachers, or authorities, we've had to "wing it", and the result is massive stress all around.

Trying to work from home and educate, with no experience in teaching, has meant that the kids are confused and out of their depth, we're under serious stress, and to top it off, the schools sent through a threatening message about ensuring kids "respond to roll call" and are "engaged" with education.

How can we do that, without any teaching experience? Very poorly managed, NSW.

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What about kids who need extra help?
Some parents have extra struggles, like multiple young children who won't learn solo yet or kids with special needs. Michelle R:

Our son has autism, and while he behaves and participates well in his mainstream school setting, he has a strong need to compartmentalise home and school, so homework is a struggle.

Learning from home next week is going to be very interesting in our home.

I plan to keep things light and fun, and use all my creativity to make him think we are just playing, not learning! Fortunately, it's only Grade 2.
Natalie S:
I have three primary aged children, (of) which two need my full-time attention when schooling, as in year 2 and kindy.

I'm also a full-time uni student in my final year.

I am stressed and I feel sad for my children having a stressed mum as their teacher.

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Caitlin H:

I'm one of the fortunate ones that can work from home. However, I have no idea how I'm going to juggle work, home school, and parenting next term.

I have a six-year-old who won't/can't do schoolwork independently. I also have a three-year-old who won't let me sit at my laptop and work for more than a minute or two without interruptions.

My husband works outside the home six days a week. I'm very conscious of my privilege, but it's hard.

The hardest part is knowing whether it is responsible to send my son to school when I can technically work from home, although I know both my work and his education will suffer
Bronwen D:

(It's) impossible to social distance at a special school.

Impossible to support with online learning ... rock and hard place...
Ingrid D:
I feel completely overwhelmed by my eight-year-old learning from home.

I have a child with a disability who is also unable to attend any disability support services or kindy, so trying to manage both of them at home will be very challenging.

In addition to this, I am trying to work in my own business, which has suffered enormously due to COVID-19.

Primary-aged students and children with disabilities will be significantly disadvantaged by this.

Having different age groups at home can be an extra challenge, particularly if they're younger.(iStockPhoto | romrodinka)

How do teachers feel about it?
Teachers have mixed emotions. Like parents who have shifted their working lives online, they're tackling new challenges putting classroom lessons into a digital space. Kim H:
I'm a teacher and whilst I am diabetic, I don't think of myself in a category that needs to stay home.

I worry about the strugglers who need the one-to-one support.

I am excited to try new things and feel that I am a pioneer in a new revolution!

Cate D:
I'm a high school teacher in the independent sector - please do not underestimate how much work the move to online teaching has made for us.

I do it willingly because I love to teach but the last two-and-a-half weeks of term one were exhausting.

I do not know how long a sustained online teaching presence can be productive.

Linda A:
I'm a secondary school teacher in Victoria. We started online with the students today and it went really well from my perspective.

Teachers have been working extremely hard to make this happen and the amount of sharing of resources, ideas and care for each other has been astronomical.

Forty years of teaching has not prepared me for this. The camaraderie of my colleagues, young and old(er) certainly has.

My students were great accessing online lessons, asking questions and answering them for others. It has been a very positive start.

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Home-schooling vs remote learning
But there's some disagreement on whether what's being rolled out veers into 'home schooling'. Chrissy G:
As a former home-schooling parent, the distinction needs to be made that schools and teachers are still the main instigators of this remote, learning-from-home program.

I am frustrated at the differences between different schools' expectations of how the students' day will look.

(For) example, one school hands off workbooks and worksheets and asks them to be completed and handed in for marking by a specific date. This equals flexibility and autonomy over when and how much work will be done by the student.

Other schools expect parents to become teachers' aides and stand in to supervise exams and assessments. All online learning is via a timetable with teachers between the hours of 8.30am and 3:00pm. This means parents cannot work from home during these hours.
Melanie C:
I have two secondary school students (one in year 12) and one primary school student.

I am concerned many parents feel they need to be "home schooling" their kids, but this really isn't the case. The schools are still responsible for delivering the curriculum.

Parents are at most teachers' aides, or facilitators (or tech support, but in our case, that's the year 12 student!). Day one for us has gone pretty smoothly.

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And how do students feel?
Older students in those crucial final years of schooling are also speaking out about their experiences. Emily L:

I am a Victorian year 11 student currently completing one year 12 subject and it is stressful.

This is my first real experience with exams that actually mean something and tests that go towards a bigger goal and to see that it might be harder to achieve what I want is very disheartening.

I understand I come from a good background with technology and I am blessed to attend a private school that genuinely cares for my wellbeing and education and to think that others may not be as lucky as me is saddening.
Teya D:
I'm actually a year 12 student, I had my first online class today.

I wasn't confident about it before it started, but after today I'm confident I will be able to get though term two.

While I'm not sure what lies ahead and there are plenty of challenges to come, I'm confident that I have the necessary support from my teachers and school to get me through this trying time.
But some parents have found a silver lining for their kids' learning. Lisa D:
This period of learning and what they miss from school will not define them because they missed school, it will define them because they have had to adapt to having certain freedoms taken from them and what they considered as 'the norm' or expected may come with more gratitude in the future.

That's a bigger lesson.

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More states are asking families to embrace learning from home. But both parents and teachers are under pressure working from home, managing multiple age groups and sometimes kids with special needs. Is it working out? This is what Australians think.

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In the past month, my 5-year-old has gone from being excited about video calls for school and virtual "play dates" to basically hating it all. Sometimes he's into it - like yesterday, when he was totally engrossed in a 30-minute math class with his teacher and six friends. More often, he whines and mopes beforehand, then immediately after slips into a funk. That goes for official school meetings and for more casual digital hangouts with family and friends.

Zoom fatigue (or whatever your preferred video call platform) is a real issue for both adults and kids, which is, of course, a problem. Millions of children across America are doing the bulk of their schooling online right now, a scenario that could well continue into the next academic year. But lots of them are feeling, just, meh about the whole thing.

Are your kids completely over Zoom? Here's what that is all about - and what you can do to help them through it.

First, understand that they might just be really sad

I've noticed that my 5-year-old gets especially upset on the morning of his weekly full-class Google Hangout. It's a sweet idea - they ask each other questions and sing some songs. Afterward he crashes, without fail. He'll have a totally unrelated meltdown. Or pick a fight with his brother. Or just kind of sink into a crappy mood.

Educational experts say video calls can be a sudden reminder to kids of how different things are in their worlds right now. They might be navigating their new at-home routines pretty well at this point, but seeing their friends and their teacher virtually can quickly snap them out of it.

"They're tired of not being able to see people face to face," said Lee Scott, chairwoman of the educational advisory board at The Goddard School, a private early education provider. "It's a reminder they can't do that." Scott added that video chat removes all of the spontaneity that's such a hallmark of kid friendships, particularly for the younger set.

"In natural friendships, they think, 'Oh, I'll go over and say "hi" to so and so,'" Scott said. They can't do that at all right now, and video calls can be a hard reminder of that change.

So don't try to fix it

"Children have experienced a loss. This is really sad for them," echoed Nermeen Dashoush, an assistant professor of early childhood education at Boston University and chief curriculum officer at MarcoPolo Learning. Don't underestimate how difficult that is to cope with emotionally, she said.

Instead of trying to fix their sadness by setting up more online playdates, help give them the vocabulary they need to express their feelings - and be open to hearing about what they're going through.

"I do think that sometimes as parents we try too much to try and make things better for our kids," said Dashoush, herself a parent who added that she often does the same thing. "A lot of research says, though, that what really helps is trying to help kids identify their feelings." Then be on the lookout for more pronounced withdrawal, which could be a sign your child is struggling with depression or anxiety.

Give them some control over when they have video calls

Different teachers, classrooms, schools and districts have different expectations for what remote learning looks like, and what kind of daily schedules they're setting. But if your kid is really pushing back against Zoom, it might be time to just give them a break.

"I do think there needs to be a healthy mindset around all of this," said Stephen Cochrane, an associate professor for the California School of Education at Alliant International University. "Parents shouldn't be too fearful that their child is going to slip and fall behind."

So cancel Zoom dates with friends and family for a few days, and talk to your kid's teacher about what they're experiencing in order to come up with some strategies that can give them the time and space they need, while also staying on top of their schoolwork. That might mean calling into school meetups when they need to, but then spacing out the rest of their work a bit more.

"Let them have a say in how they break things up," said Scott. "Give them some choices about how and when they do schoolwork that is required."

Plan social calls with clear structure

If your kid is getting bored on Zoom calls with friends and family, it can be really helpful to give them a specific thing they're going to do or talk about ahead of time. Maybe you have them play games with a friend, or have them cook a favorite recipe, suggested Scott. An older friend or relative might enjoy reading your kid a book. Maybe it's a virtual dance party.

And that's not just for younger kids. Older children might enjoy watching a movie with their friends, and there are extensions and apps that they can use to make it more of a viewing party.

"Try and have a plan," Scott said.

Remember, in a lot of ways this is even harder for kids than it is for adults

Adults had at least been following the COVID-19 news before everything shut down, but kids' worlds changed in an instant.

"A lot of them went to school one day, and the next day it was just ... over," said Dashoush. So be patient with them if they just don't feel like hopping on another Zoom call. Be open with them (in a developmentally appropriate way, of course) about how this all feels for you emotionally, too. Acknowledge that this feels really forced for a lot of us.

"It's so different than the live interactions they have together," said Cochrane. "When they're in school, they're not just learning content, they're not just learning how to be a critical thinker. They're developing relationships. That piece is difficult to replicate via video conference."

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It began in Wichita, or maybe Philadelphia, no one is quite sure.

But one thing is certain - teddy bears and rainbows are beginning to pop up in gardens, windows and on fences around the world to create some social-distancing magic for children during the global coronavirus pandemic.

Schoolteacher Beth Gibson has just finished a bear hunt in the "small, close-knit community" of Gibson County in the United States.

She didn't know where the trend began, but saw a post about it on Facebook and decided to give it a go.

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She said the isolation had been tough; she missed her students and her son missed his friends.

"I was searching for scavenger hunt-type activities that our kids could get out of the house to do while still socially distancing and came across this idea," she said.

"I knew the kids would love going around to find stuffed animals, but I also knew people in our community would participate even if they had no kids, just to put a smile on their faces."

She said there were so many bears in windows around her city it would take a week of driving around to spot them all.

'It makes you feel like there are people that have your back'

About 15,000 kilometres away in the Melbourne suburb of Strathmore, Natalie Roach caught onto the trend too.

The mother-of-two said the bear hunts have created a sense of safety in her community.

She said her family were lucky - she's a teacher and her husband is able to work from home in a secure job.

"I do know a lot of people who have lost their jobs or been temporarily stood down and it makes you want to help others a bit more," she said.

Ms Roach said the teddy bears connected her and her children with others in the neighbourhood in a way that was safe.

"It makes you feel like there are people that have your back and are out there for a genuine purpose," she said.

"With all the panic buying and ridiculousness going on there are positives in our community and people are looking out for each other."

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On the other side of the city, in Officer, Melissa Kleynhans feels exactly the same.

She posted on her local Facebook page asking people to pop a teddy bear in their window so her youngest child, Jacob, could go on a bear hunt.

Within hours, 100 people had sent her photos of their teddy bears sitting on windowsills.

It made her feel like people were trying to create a little happiness for others.

Her four-year-old son Jacob was "ecstatic", Melissa said, and other children began to join in on the hunt.

"There were kids out there smiling," she said.

"We've got beanie bears, a teddy bears' picnic in one window, a bear that is 58 years old that one woman put out. She doesn't have kids and it brings this woman so much joy."

She also said posts on Facebook were reminding people not to touch rainbow and teddy bears that are on fences.

"Kids stay on the footpath, they point out the bears and count them," she said.

"The thoughtfulness of people who don't have even children to put a bear out there and bring joy back into our community during this time has been wonderful."

Melissa has since started the Facebook page, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, so people all over Melbourne can join in.

Across the city in Strathmore, Anita Flaim tied a teddy bear and pinned a painting of a rainbow by her three-year-old to her fence to join the hunt.

"The kids don't understand what's really going on, so before we go on complete lockdown we can spot these teddies," she said.

"She said, 'There's one, there's another one, and another one.' She doesn't understand that we can't do things so she was really excited and wants to do it again."

Ms Flaim said her 10-year-old had fun because of the joy it brought to her little sister and even people without children were popping a teddy in the window to join in.

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