By Nicola Carroll Guest Writer Given that one in four children now grow up in one-parent homes and that 42% of marriages end in divorce you might expect prejudice against single parents to be a thing of the past. Yet a ...
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Feed SubscriptionHaving Problems With Your Children’s Tantrums, Bed-Wetting Or Withdrawal? Here’s When To Get Help
By Jade Sheen and Elizabeth Westrupp Guest Writers Remember anxiously waiting for your child to take their first steps or speak their first words? It’s exhilarating when they reach a new stage in their development. Every child grows and develops differently. Some ...
Read More »Is Using Cannabis In Front Of Children Harmful Or Not?
By Berthelot Nicolas and Carl Lacharité Guest Contributors Public health agencies are warning parents about using cannabis in the presence of their children. However, parents who use cannabis say that it makes them more empathetic, more patient and more caring towards their ...
Read More »Should Parents Help Their Children With Homework?
By Daniel Hamlin Guest Contributor Schools across the country encourage parents to help their children with homework. Parents are listening. Helping with homework is one of the most common things that parents say they do to support their children’s learning. ...
Read More »English Montreal School Board Deemed Dysfunctional: At What Further Cost To Black Students?
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer A recent, detailed purveyance of students’ school report cards, painted a glaring portrait of indifference and irresponsibility, regarding the academic experiences of Black students in Quebec’s elementary and secondary schools. This display of indifference embraced ...
Read More »When Parents Play Favourites, What Happens To The Children?
By Sheri Madigan and Jennifer Jenkins Guest Writers Many siblings, when they get together as adults, joke about which child was loved the most. But is it really a joke or is there an edge of truth that still rankles us? In ...
Read More »Dr. Spock’s Timeless Lessons In Parenting
By Richard Gunderman Guest Writer The book ignited a revolution, breaking free from conventional wisdom that said children required schedules, discipline and little affection. Instead, “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare,” written by Dr. Benjamin Spock and published in ...
Read More »Parents, It’s Your Call To Educate Your Children, From Young, About Money Management
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer Parents are tasked with the responsibility of molding and shaping their children’s future and character. When it comes to making choices, it is imperative to provide them with guidance. Today, with all the pressure, emanating ...
Read More »How To Get Your Children Talking About Their School Day
By Jessica Cooke and Sheri Madigan Guest Writers “How was your day at school?” “Fine.” Does this sound familiar? This is the dreaded response to a well-intentioned question that parents might ask. The robot-sounding response is what parents hear ...
Read More »Practice The Skill Of Grand-Parenting: A Responsibility That Has A Real Impact On The Future
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer In life there are at least three things over which we personally have little say: when we are born, when we die, and when we become grandparents. Today, there are more grandparents than ever before, ...
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