ADVICE
Help, my child's doing a school project?
There are few phrases that strike fear in parents more than “Guess what? I’m doing a project…â€
Working on a school project sounds like a great way to spend time with your child and learn a little along the way, but several hot glue accidents – or wasted posted board later – it can often look like more fun to do it yourself.
Making the Grade 1 transition
Victoria Allan remembers standing with her daughter, Andrea, on the first day of Grade 1 last year. All of the sudden it hit her. “Just boom! There she was in the big, bad schoolyard. There was no preparation. Just there you go,†she recalls with a laugh. Andrea thrived, but Allan says the year did come with its share of adjustments: fitting in homework, dealing with a tired child and handling her daughter’s new personality....How your ‘gut’ instinct can protect your children
Filled with more than 90 gripping true stories of survival, Protecting the Gift looks at how human predators work and how they select their targets and most important, how parents can protect their children. ...Learning to schedule time out
Experts tell us we all need downtime -unscheduled time when we can do nothing, veg, relax, unwind. In one of my favourite books, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen Covey explains the seventh habit is for people to “sharpen their sawâ€. In other words, for all of us to be the most effective counsellors, teachers, parents, students, we need to give our machine – our bodies and mind - a break....My dirty little secret: How I failed breastfeeding 101
Yeah, yeah, I know. Breast is best. During my pre-natal classes, I received 44 handouts, including “50 reasons why you must breastfeedâ€, and a list of support groups for nursing moms, compared with one poorly-photocopied diagram showing how to sterilize a bottle. The touchy-feely videos we watched featured softly lit, three-month-old cherubs perfectly latched onto their well-rested mother’s breast, with spa-like music playing in the background....Laughter: The best family medicine
When was the last time you and your child shared a big belly laugh, the kind that brings tears from your eyes and feels like an unstoppable train?...Resolve to build trust with your teen
With a new semester comes a renewed sense of ambition. For many parents, this may also be a time to reflect on the previous term ...How important is the father/daughter relationship?
It is not uncommon for husbands and wives to have different ideas and values when it comes to family life. But for one partner to ‘push’ their values and expectations on the other is disrespectful, and may result in conflict in the marriage....Focus on building character not achievement
When travelling across the country, I asked parents what their number one goal or objective is when it comes to raising their teens? Parents told me, “I want my teen to be confident, reliable, motivated, disciplined.†Without realizing it, they were focusing on character - they had defined the character of their child. Yet, on a day to day basis, most of us focus more on achievement....Adding a new dimension to bonding with your baby
When Katrina entered the viewing room, calming music was playing and the lights were dimmed as she prepared for her scan. As the wand was ...- Managing multiple schedules
- Budget friendly activities for father and son
- Recession-Proof Resilience: What Mothers Can Do to Help Their Kids
- Carving out couple time
- Tips for coaching little athletes
- How to raise an activist
- Organized Chaos: Finding serenity amongst the clutter of raising kids
- The grandparent connection
- Is your child ready to be home alone?
- Many life skills can be learned at a teen's first job
- Healthy choices in the grocery store can be easy
- The holes in whole wheat
- Healthy Eating on the Go
- Postpartum Depression
- Do back packs cause back pain?
- Treating ADHD
- SKINCARE TIPS: SCIENCE
- Child Safety: Is your child playing with fire?
- Breathing easier with asthma
- The earliest trauma: The unspoken impact of medical trauma
- Prepare home-cooked family meals for under $10
- Letting go of the fast-food guilt:
- Battling the summer treat bulge
- Surviving night terrors
- How to protect your child from household chemicals
- The Lunch Lady has arrived
- Festive feasting: How to keep it healthy
- Your top 10 mealtime problems, solved
- Bottled water causes cavities?
- In favour of the family meal
- Sleep is elusive for me
- Elite Care Canada / Nannies and Caregivers
- My dirty little secret: How I failed breastfeeding 101
- Prepare home-cooked family meals for under $10
- How to go green and save green
Sandy Morgan
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08 April, 2009 05:10:32
A Single parent support group offering single parents and their children support, activities and friendship.
Meet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Oshawa ...
Melanie
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26 March, 2009 03:58:18
This article is just the reassurance that I needed. Though on some level, I agreed with myself that stopping to breast-feed was the right decision, ...
mpcoc
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19 March, 2009 04:24:04
Make it whole grains. In the bread department look for products that are high in fibre and made with whole grains, and choose whole wheat ...
3freester
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14 March, 2009 08:39:48
Painting small clay flower pots, or making paper napkin rings (paper, heart stickers, and staples). Children will enjoy participating in activities that are meaningful to ...
K. Lytle
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11 February, 2009 04:58:53
I'll share with you something my father told me when I had my children. It's a fairly new ideology, within the history of man, that ...
