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Wait Until Your Father Gets Home
I wish you and your families a Very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanza, or whatever holiday is celebrated in your home. Are you still shopping for parents and grandparents on your list? If so, come see the blog I … Continue reading
When Is it Okay to Check Your Teen’s Backpack?
When Is It Okay To Check Your Teens’ Backpacks? Hello, Today we’re going to look at teens and the sticky topic of privacy. Let me know what you think. Just leave a reply at the bottom of the story on … Continue reading
Making Homework Work
Hello, In my workshops one of the most common questions I get is about homework. How to get the kids to do it? What is the parent’s role? So let’s talk about it. But first. How do you like to … Continue reading
When is Rough Play too Aggressive?
Hi, I am back from holidays and had a wonderful time. I was pleased that in the middle of the traveling I was able to take a “work break” and do a workshop for Borden Ladner Gervais in Ottawa. It … Continue reading
The Relationship Between Parenting Education and Attachment
Hi, When you receive this newsletter I will be in the middle of a wonderful holiday. I am visiting New York, I will be Ottawa for my brother-in-law’s birthday and my niece’s wedding along with other family and friend visits … Continue reading
Buying Back to School Clothing
Are you engaged in the seasonal fight with your kids about exactly what they need to buy in order to start school? If so, you will definitely want to read the article below. When you go to your local bookstore … Continue reading
Why Walking is Best
We are in the middle of summer. You have read your beach books and feel like you want to jump into something different and helpful. My two parenting books are available at a fabulously reduced price. Come and take a … Continue reading
Parenting is Hard Work or is it?
Today I was reading a blog posting about Parents Day (which, in case you missed it was July 24, was founded in 1994 and is generally ignored in favour of Mother’s and Father’s Day). The focus of the blog is … Continue reading
After Harry Potter — What’s Next?
Take Your Kids to the Library It was a cold, rainy, dreary day as I joined about fifty of my neighbours trying to huddle under one small tent. We couldn’t all fit so we raised our umbrellas and focused our … Continue reading
We Have Nelson Mandela
“We have Nelson Mandela. All of us have visited his jail call and Robben Island (where he was imprisoned for 27 years for his antiapartheid political activities.) His example of forgiving his oppressors and his creation of the Truth and … Continue reading
